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C. S. Lewis Quotes

C. S. Lewis quotes

British Author, Writer November 29, 1898 – November 22, 1963

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But he always licked to get visitors alone in the billiard room and tell them stories about a mysterious lady, a foreign royalty, with whom he had driven about London. 'A devilish temper she had,' he would say. 'But she was a dem fine woman, sir, a dem fine woman. C. S. Lewis
It was a full moon and, shining on all the snow, it made everything almost as bright as day -- only the shadows were rather confusing. C. S. Lewis
C. S. Lewis quote: "You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new..."
You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream. C. S. Lewis
You talk far too much...Procure for me at once a chariot or a flying carpet or a well-trained dragon, or whatever is usual for royal and noble persons in your land. Then bring me to places where I can get clothes and jewels and slaves fit for my rank. Tomorrow I will begin my conquest of the world. C. S. Lewis
This act [creation], as it is for God, must always remain totally inconceivable to man. For we--even our poets and musicians and inventors--never, in the ultimate sense make. We only build. We always have materials to build from. All we can know about the act of creation must be derived from what we can gather about the relation of the creatures to their Creator C. S. Lewis
C. S. Lewis quote: "Dearest Daughter. I knew you would not be long in coming to..."
Dearest Daughter. I knew you would not be long in coming to me. Joy shall be yours. C. S. Lewis
Once you were a child. Once you knew what inquiry was for. There was a time when you asked questions because you wanted answers, and were glad when you had found them. Become that child again: even now. C. S. Lewis
As long as you are proud you cannot know God. A proud man is always looking down on thing and people: and, of course, as long as you are looking down you cannot see something that is above you. C. S. Lewis
Any patch of sunlight in a wood will show you something about the sun which you could never get from reading books on astronomy. These pure and spontaneous pleasures are ‘patches of Godlight’ in the woods of our experience. C. S. Lewis
Your Majesty would have a perfect right to strike off his head," said Peridan. "Such an assault as he made puts him on a level with assassins."It is very true," said Edmund. "But even a traitor may mend. I have known one that did." And he looked very thoughtful. C. S. Lewis
There are two equal and opposite errors into which our race can fall about the devils. One is to disbelieve in their existence. The other is to believe, and to feel an excessive and unhealthy interest in them. C. S. Lewis
C. S. Lewis quote: "Cobbles and kettledrums! ...I hope this madness isn't going to..."
Cobbles and kettledrums! ...I hope this madness isn't going to end in a moonlit climb and broken necks. C. S. Lewis
That is what mortals misunderstand. They say of some temporal sufferring, "No future bliss can make up for it" not knowing that Heaven, once attained, will work backwards and turn even that agony into a glory. C. S. Lewis
If one has to choose between reading the new books and reading the old, one must choose the old: not because they are necessarily better but because they contain precisely those truths of which our own age is neglectful. C. S. Lewis
C. S. Lewis quote: "If things are real, they're there all the time."
If things are real, they're there all the time. C. S. Lewis

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