C.S. Lewis Quotes
1898 – 1963
British author and theologian best known for The Chronicles of Narnia and Mere Christianity. A master of analogy who made complex theological ideas accessible and beautiful.
37 quotesAbout C.S. Lewis on Wikipedia
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“Hardships often prepare ordinary people for an extraordinary destiny.”
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“You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.”
“Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point.”
“Some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again.”
“We all want progress. But progress means getting nearer to the place where you want to be.”
“Love is something more stern and splendid than mere kindness.”
“Everyone feels benevolent if nothing happens to be annoying him at the moment.”
“All mortals tend to turn into the thing they are pretending to be.”
“Gratitude looks to the past and love to the present; fear, avarice, lust, and ambition look ahead.”
“God can make good use of all that happens, but the loss is real.”
“Goodness is either the great safety or the great danger—according to the way you react to it.”
“Being in love is a good thing, but it is not the best thing.”
“Knowledge can last, principles can last, habits can last; but feelings come and go.”
“Aim at Heaven and you will get earth "thrown in": aim at earth and you will get neither.”
“When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness.”
“Though the Witch knew the Deep Magic, there is a magic deeper still which she did not know.”
“There was a boy called Eustace Clarence Scrubb, and he almost deserved it.”
