Good, as it ripens, becomes continually more different not only from evil but from other good. C. S. Lewis More Quotes by C. S. Lewis More Quotes From C. S. Lewis If we really think that home is elsewhere and that this life is a wandering to find home, why should we not look forward to the arrival? C. S. Lewis homedeaththinking All that are in Hell, choose it. Without that self-choice there could be no Hell. C. S. Lewis hellchoicesself For the wise men of old the cardinal problem had been how to conform the soul to reality. For magic and applied science alike the problem is how to subdue reality to the wishes of men. C. S. Lewis wisemenreality Imagine yourself as a living house. C. S. Lewis imaginehouse Well, you know how it feels if you begin hoping for something that you want desperately badly; you almost fight against the hope because it is too good to be true; you've been disappointed so often before. C. S. Lewis hoping-for-somethingfightingwant If you have once accepted Christianity, then some of its main doctrines shall be deliberately held before your mind for some time every day. That is why daily prayers and religious reading and churchgoing are necessary parts of the Christian life. We have to be continually reminded of what we believe. Neither this belief nor any other will automatically remain alive in the mind. It must be fed. C. S. Lewis religiousprayerchristian The Christian is in a different position from other people who are trying to be good. They hope, by being good, to please God if there is one; or — if they think there is not — at least they hope to deserve approval from good men. But the Christian thinks any good he does comes from the Christ-life inside him. He does not think God will love us because we are good, but that God will make us good because He loves us; just as the roof of a greenhouse does not attract the sun because it is bright, but becomes bright because the sun shines on it. C. S. Lewis christianmenthinking Safety and happiness can only come from individuals, classes, and nations being honest and fair and kind to each other. C. S. Lewis honestsafetyclass Don't use words too big for the subject. Don't say 'infinitely' when you mean 'very'; otherwise you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. C. S. Lewis communicationwritingmean I have come home at last! This is my real country! I belong here. This is the land I have been looking for all my life, though I never knew it till now... Come further up, come further in! C. S. Lewis realhomecountry It is a serious thing to live in a society of possible Gods and Goddesses. To remember that the dullest, and most uninteresting person you can talk to may one day be a creature which, if you saw it now, you would be strongly tempted to worship. C. S. Lewis serious-thingsone-daywould-be The man in Christ rose again, not only the God. C. S. Lewis resurrectionrosemen The first action to be taken is to pull ourselves together. If we are going to be destroyed by an atomic bomb, let that bomb, when it comes, find us doing sensible and human things -- praying, working, teaching, reading, listening to music, bathing the children, playing tennis, chatting to our friends over a pint and a game of darts -- not huddled together like frightened sheep and thinking about bombs. C. S. Lewis takenteachingchildren But why,... if you have a serious comment to make on the real life of men, must you do it by talking about a phantasmagoric never-never land of your own? Because, I take it, one of the main things the author wants to say is that the real life of men is of that mythical and heroic quality. C. S. Lewis realtalkingmen We were promised sufferings. They were part of the program. We were even told, 'Blessed are they that mourn,' and I accept it. I've got nothing that I hadn't bargained for. Of course it is different when the thing happens to oneself, not to others, and in reality, not imagination. C. S. Lewis griefblessedreality We may note in passing that He (Jesus) was never regarded as a mere moral teacher. He did not produce that effect on any of the people who actually met Him. He produced mainly three effects - Hatred - Terror - Adoration. There was no trace of people expressing mild admiration. C. S. Lewis christianteacherjesus True humility is more like self-forgetfulness than false modesty. C. S. Lewis humilityselfchristian It is when we notice the dirt that God is most present in us; it is the very sign of His presence. C. S. Lewis dirtreligion Don't you understand anything? Isn't it absolutely essential to keep a fierce Left and a fierce Right, both on their toes and each terrified of the other? That's how we get things done. Any opposition to the N.I.C.E. is represented as a Left racket in the Right papers and a Right racket in the Left papers. If it's properly done, you get each side outbidding the other in support of us-to refute the enemy slanders. Of course we're non-political. The real power always is. C. S. Lewis supportpoliticalreal It takes all sorts to make a world; or a church. This may be even truer of a church. If grace perfects nature it must expand all our natures into the full richness of the diversity which God intended when He made them, and Heaven will display far more variety than Hell. C. S. Lewis diversitygraceheaven
