I have at last come to the end of the Faerie Queene: and though I say "at last", I almost wish he had lived to write six books more as he had hoped to do — so much have I enjoyed it. C. S. Lewis More Quotes by C. S. Lewis More Quotes From C. S. Lewis You do not fail in obedience through lack of love, but you have lost love because you never attempted obedience. C. S. Lewis lack-of-love lost-love love-is The first thing to get clear about Christian morality between man and man is that in this department Christ did not come to teach any brand new morality. The Golden Rule of the New Testament (Do as you would be done by) is a summing up of what everyone, at bottom, had always known to be right. C. S. Lewis christian men firsts The Christian idea of 'putting on Christ' is the whole of Christianity. C. S. Lewis whole christian ideas The happiness which God designs for his higher creatures is the happiness of being freely, voluntarily united to him. C. S. Lewis united being-free design Where I come from, they don't think much of men who are bossed about by their wives. C. S. Lewis wife men thinking Telling us to obey instinct is like telling us to obey 'people.' People say different things: so do instincts. Our instincts are at war... Each instinct, if you listen to it, will claim to be gratified at the expense of the rest. C. S. Lewis wisdom war people We cannot fully understand the relations of time and choice until we are beyond both. C. S. Lewis choices relation We have discovered that the scheme of 'outlawing war' has made war more like an outlaw without making it less frequent and that to banish the knight does not alleviate the suffering of the peasant. C. S. Lewis knights suffering war But now I discovered the wonderful power of wine. I understood why men become drunkards. For the way it worked on me was not at all that it blotted out these sorrows, but that it made them seem glorious and noble, like sad music, and I somehow great and revered for feeling them. C. S. Lewis wine feelings men ..(T)here are two opposite reasons for being a democrat. You may think all men so good that they deserve a share in the government of the commonwealth, and so wise that the commonwealth needs their advice. That is, in my opinion, the false, romantic doctrine of democracy. On the other hand, you may believe fallen men to be so wicked that not one of them can be trusted with any irresponsible power over his fellows. C. S. Lewis wise men believe I prefer being honest to being 'honest to God.' C. S. Lewis being-honest honest If you do not take the distinction between good and bad very seriously, then it is easy to say that anything you find in this world is a part of God. But, of course, if you think some things really bad, and God really good, then you cannot talk like that. You must believe that God is separate from the world and that some of the things we see in it are contrary to His will. C. S. Lewis believe world thinking Those who tread 'adult' as a term of approval cannot hope to be considered adult themselves. When I became a man I put away childish things, along with the desire to be very grown up. C. S. Lewis adults desire men My own view is that the Churches should frankly recognise that the majority of the British people are not Christians and, therefore, cannot be expected to live Christian lives. There ought to be two distinct kinds of marriage: one governed by the State with rules enforced on all citizens, the other governed by the Church with rules enforced by her on her own members." --about the only statement i agree with in this book C. S. Lewis christian views book Writing is like a 'lust,' or like 'scratching when you itch.' Writing comes as a result of a very strong impulse, and when it does come, I for one must get it out. C. S. Lewis strong lust writing Wouldn't it be dreadful if some day in our own world, at home, men start going wild inside, like the animals here, and still look like men, so that you'd never know which were which. C. S. Lewis home animal men It now seemed to me that all my other guesses had been only self-pleasing dreams spun out of my wishes, but now I was awake. C. S. Lewis self wish dream A woman means by Unselfishness chiefly taking trouble for others; a man means not giving trouble to others...thus, while the woman thinks of doing good offices and the man of respecting other people's rights, each sex, without any obvious unreason, can and does regard the other as radically selfish. C. S. Lewis selfish mean sex And all the time - such is the tragic comedy of our situation - we continue to clamor for those very qualities we are rendering impossible. We make men without chests and expect of them virtue and enterprise. We laugh at honor and are shocked to find traitors in our midst. We castrate and bid the geldings be fruitful. C. S. Lewis honor laughing men God is the food our spirits were designed to feed on. C. S. Lewis spirit
