Progress means movement in a desired direction, and we do not all desire the same things for our species. C. S. Lewis More Quotes by C. S. Lewis More Quotes From C. S. Lewis Keep clear of psychiatrists unless you know that they are also Christians. Otherwise they start with the assumption that your religion is an illusion and try to 'cure' it: and this assumption they make not as professional psychologists but as amateur philosophers. C. S. Lewis philosopherchristiantrying Everything that is not eternal is worthless in eternity. C. S. Lewis worthlesseternaleternity I must keep alive in myself the desire for my true country, which I shall not find till after death. C. S. Lewis alivedesirecountry In commanding us to glorify Him, God is inviting us to enjoy Him. C. S. Lewis invitingglorifyenjoy A man can no more diminish God's glory by refusing to worship Him than a lunatic can put out the sun by scribbling the word, 'darkness' on the walls of his cell. C. S. Lewis atheistwisdomgod What does not satisfy when we find it, was not the thing we were desiring. C. S. Lewis satisfactiondoe Badness cannot succeed even in being bad in the same way in which goodness is good. Goodness is, so to speak, itself: badness is only spoiled goodness. Evil is a parasite, not an original thing. C. S. Lewis catholicevilway Prayer in the sense of petition, asking for things, is a small part of it; confession and penitence are its threshold, adoration its sanctuary, the presence and vision and enjoyment of God its bread and wine. C. S. Lewis visionwineprayer You can't get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me. C. S. Lewis readinglongbook Jesus produced mainly three effects: hatred, terror, adoration. There was no trace of people expressing mild approval. C. S. Lewis hatredpeoplejesus If you have really handed yourself over to Him, it must follow that you are trying to obey Him. But trying in a new way, a less worried way. C. S. Lewis gleamtryingway If there ever was a time that nothing existed, then nothing would exist now C. S. Lewis ifs We are born helpless. As soon as we are fully conscious we discover loneliness. C. S. Lewis bornlonelinessconscious [To have Faith in Christ] means, of course, trying to do all that He says. There would be no sense in saying you trusted a person if you would not take his advice. Thus if you have really handed yourself over to Him, it must follow that you are trying to obey Him. But trying in a new way, a less worried way. Not doing these things in order to be saved, but because He has begun to save you already. Not hoping to get to Heaven as a reward for your actions, but inevitably wanting to act in a certain way because a first faint gleam of Heaven is already inside you. C. S. Lewis faithordermean Joy is the serious business of heaven. C. S. Lewis marriagejoyinspirational While we are actually subjected to them, the 'moods' and 'spirits' of nature point no morals. Overwhelming gaiety, insupportable grandeur, sombre desolation are flung at you. Make what you can of them, if you must make at all. The only imperative that nature utters is, 'Look. Listen. Attend. C. S. Lewis naturespiritlooks But I will not tell you how long or short the way will be; only that it lies across a river. But do not fear that, for I am the great Bridge Builder. C. S. Lewis bridgesriverslying One of the things that distinguishes man from the other animals is that he wants to know things, wants to find out what reality is like, simply for the sake of knowing. When that desire is completely quenched in anyone, I think he has become something less than human. C. S. Lewis animallifereality I gave in, and admitted that God was God. C. S. Lewis atheistliteraturegod I wish I were younger. What inclines me now to think you may be right in regarding [evolution] as the central and radical lie in the whole web of falsehood that now governs our lives is not so much your arguments against it as the fanatical and twisted attitudes of its defenders. C. S. Lewis attitudelyingthinking
