Faith in Christ is the only thing to save you from despair. C. S. Lewis More Quotes by C. S. Lewis More Quotes From C. S. Lewis Your place in Heaven will seem to be made for you and you alone, because you were made for it. C. S. Lewis seems made heaven Children are not deceived by fairy-tales; they are often and gravely deceived by school-stories. Adults are not deceived by science-fiction ; they can be deceived by the stories in the women's magazines. C. S. Lewis adults children school You ask ‘for what’ God wants you. Isn’t the primary answer that He wants you. We’re not told that the lost sheep was sought out for anything except itself [Matthew 18:12-14; Luke 15:3-7]. Of course, He may have a special job for you: and the certain job is that of becoming more and more His. C. S. Lewis special sheep jobs Christ says, 'Give me all. I don't want so much of your time and so much of your money and so much of your work: I want You.' C. S. Lewis want giving christ Nothing is yet in its true form. C. S. Lewis mystery truth wonder Eating and reading are two pleasures that combine admirably. C. S. Lewis reading eating two Now the trouble about trying to make yourself stupider than you really are is that you very often succeed. C. S. Lewis succeed trying religion Literary experience heals the wound, without undermining the privilege, of individuality. C. S. Lewis privilege individuality heal We're free Narnians, Hwin and I, and I suppose, if you're running away to Narnia you want to be one too. In that case Hwin isn't your horse any longer. One might just as well say you're her human. C. S. Lewis horse want running Further up and further in! C. S. Lewis You come of the Lord Adam and the Lady Eve," said Aslan. "And that is both honour enough to erect the head of the poorest beggar, and shame enough to bow the shoulders of the greatest emperor on earth. Be content. C. S. Lewis bows narnia earth This moment contains all moments. C. S. Lewis great-divorce moments My own eyes are not enough for me; I will see through those of others. C. S. Lewis my-own eye enough The rule of the universe is that others can do for us what we cannot do for ourselves, and one can paddle every canoe except one's own. C. S. Lewis universe can-do life Almost certainly God is not in time. His life does not consist of moments one following another...Ten-thirty-- and every other moment from the beginning of the world--is always Present for Him. If you like to put it this way, He has all eternity in which to listen to the split second of prayer put up by a pilot as his plane crashes in flames. C. S. Lewis flames prayer doe It is Christ Himself, not the Bible, who is the true Word of God. The Bible, read in the right spirit and with the guidance of good teachers, will bring us to Him. C. S. Lewis taken use teacher The Opposite of Love is not hate, but power C. S. Lewis anime hate love-is No emotion is, in itself, a judgement; in that sense all emotions and sentiments are alogical. but they can be reasonable or unreasonable as they conform to Reason or fail to conform. The heart never takes the place of the head: but it can, and should, obey it. C. S. Lewis judgement emotion heart Growing maturity is marked by the increasing liberties we take with our travelling... we made the discovery (some people never make it) that real books can be taken on a journey and that hours of golden reading can so be added to its other delights. C. S. Lewis taken real book We must learn by experience to avoid either trains of thought or social situations which for us (not necessarily for everyone) lead to temptations. Like motoring-don't wait till the last moment before you put on the brakes but put them on, gently and quietly, while the danger is still a good way off. C. S. Lewis train-of-thought temptation waiting
