That fierce imprisonment in the self is but the obverse of the self-giving which is absolute reality. C. S. Lewis More Quotes by C. S. Lewis More Quotes From C. S. Lewis God wants a child's heart and a grownup's head. C. S. Lewis wantheartchildren We may ignore, but we can nowhere evade the presence of God. The world is crowded with Him. He walks everywhere incognito. C. S. Lewis godinspirationalreligion Integrity is doing the right thing, even when no one is watching. C. S. Lewis inspiringinspirationallife A proud man is always looking down on things and people; and, of course, as long as you are looking down, you cannot see something that is above you. C. S. Lewis humilitywisdomgod When the whole world is running towards a cliff, he who is running in the opposite direction appears to have lost his mind. C. S. Lewis crazymistakerunning For pride is spiritual cancer: it eats up the very possibility of love, or contentment, or even common sense. C. S. Lewis cancerpridespiritual God loves us NOT because we're lovable, because He is love. Not because He needs to receive, because He delights to give. C. S. Lewis delightgivingneeds I gave up Christianity at about 14. Came back to it when getting on for 30. Not an emotional conversion; almost purely philosophical. I didn't want to. I'm not in the least a religious type. I want to be let alone, to feel I'm my own master; but since the facts seemed to be just the opposite, I had to give in. C. S. Lewis philosophicalemotionalreligious A Christian is not a man who never goes wrong, but a man who is enabled to repent. C. S. Lewis repentchristianmen He died not for men, but for each man. If each man had been the only man made, He would have done no less. C. S. Lewis donemenreligion When I have learned to love God better than my earthly dearest, I shall love my earthly dearest better than I do now. C. S. Lewis valentines-daymarriagelove We all want progress, but if you're on the wrong road, progress means doing an about-turn and walking back to the right road; in that case, the man who turns back soonest is the most progressive. C. S. Lewis live-lifemotivationalmean Love is something more stern and splendid than mere kindness. C. S. Lewis kindnesslove-isinspirational First, I do not sit down at my desk to put into verse something that is already clear in my mind. If it were clear in my mind, I should have no incentive or need to write about it. We do not write in order to be understood; we write in order to understand. C. S. Lewis should-havewritingorder Since it is so likely that (children) will meet cruel enemies, let them at least have heard of brave knights and heroic courage. Otherwise you are making their destiny not brighter but darker. C. S. Lewis destinyknightschildren A sign of a culture that has lost its faith - Moral collapse follows upon spiritual collapse. C. S. Lewis moralspiritualculture If a thing is free to be good it is also free to be bad. And free will is what has made evil possible. Why, then, did God give them free will? Because free will, though it makes evil possible, is also the only thing that makes possible any love or goodness or joy worth having. C. S. Lewis eviljoygiving Fallen man is not simply an imperfect creature who needs improvement: he is a rebel who must lay down his arms. C. S. Lewis rebelmenneeds After each failure, ask forgiveness, pick yourself up, and try again. Very often what God first helps us toward is not the virtue itself but just this power of always trying again. For however important chastity (or courage, or truthfulness, or any other virtue) may be, this process trains us in habits of the soul which are more important still. It cures our illusions about ourselves and teaches us to depend on God. We learn, on the one hand, that we cannot trust ourselves even in our best moments, and, on the other, that we need not despair even in our worst, for our failures are forgiven. C. S. Lewis always-tryingsoulhands I have learned now that while those who speak about one's miseries usually hurt, those who keep silence hurt more. C. S. Lewis sadinspirationallove
