English En
  • Deutsche De
  • English En
  • Français Fr
  • Русский Ru

We use cookies to personalise content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyse our traffic. We also share information about your use of our site with our marketing and analytics partners who may combine it with other information you've provided to them or which they've separately collected from you. You also may to see our Privacy Policy. By clicking the OK button below, you accept our cookies.

Authors:

C. S. Lewis Quotes

The true reader reads every work seriously in the sense that he reads it whole-heartedly, makes himself as receptive as he can. But for that very reason he cannot possibly read every work solemly or gravely. For he will read 'in the same spirit that the author writ.'... He will never commit the error of trying to munch whipped cream as if it were venison.

C. S. Lewis

About author

Related Authors

Topics

Quotes currently Trending

We have to do more than keep media giants from growing larger; they're already too big. We need a new set of rules that will break these huge companies to pieces. Ted Turner
Shigeru Miyamoto quote: "Anything that is impractical can be play. It's doing something..."
Anything that is impractical can be play. It's doing something other than what is necessary to continue living as an animal. Shigeru Miyamoto
Gustav Klimt quote: "There is no self-portrait of me."
There is no self-portrait of me. Gustav Klimt
Pat Conroy quote: "Love had always issued out of the places that hurt the most."
Love had always issued out of the places that hurt the most. Pat Conroy
Calmness of mind is one of the beautiful jewels of wisdom. It is the result of long and patient effort in self-control. Its presence is an indication of ripened experience, and of a more than ordinary knowledge of the laws and operations of thought. James Allen
Yes, I read. I have that absurd habit. I like beautiful poems, moving poetry, and all the beyond of that poetry. I am extraordinarily sensitive to those poor, marvelous words left in our dark night by a few men I never knew. Louis Aragon
J. K. Rowling quote: "The scar had not pained Harry for nineteen years. All was well."
The scar had not pained Harry for nineteen years. All was well. J. K. Rowling
We cannot use a double standard for measuring our own and other people's policies. Our demands for democratic practices in other lands will be no more effective than the guarantees of those practiced in our own country. Hubert H. Humphrey
Atticus said to Jem one day, "I’d rather you shot at tin cans in the backyard, but I know you’ll go after birds. Shoot all the blue jays you want, if you can hit ‘em, but remember it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird." That was the only time I ever heard Atticus say it was a sin to do something, and I asked Miss Maudie about it. "Your father’s right," she said. "Mockingbirds don’t do one thing except make music for us to enjoy. They don’t eat up people’s gardens, don’t nest in corn cribs,... Harper Lee
Thought is the greatest of pleasures —pleasure itself is only imagination—have you ever enjoyed anything more than your dreams? Gustave Flaubert
And Percy was shaking his brother, and Ron was kneeling beside them, and Fred's eyes stared without seeing, the ghost of his last laugh still etched upon his face. J. K. Rowling
I know, but no matter what I choose I have to live with it. Forever. I have to be able to go forward and not look back anymore. Can you understand that? Nicholas Sparks
Chuck Palahniuk quote: "Every takeoff and landing, when the plane banked too much to..."
Every takeoff and landing, when the plane banked too much to one side, I prayed for a crash. Chuck Palahniuk
Sonia Rykiel quote: "I think in the darkest moments, we need a break."
I think in the darkest moments, we need a break. Sonia Rykiel
Actually, all education is self-education. A teacher is only a guide, to point out the way, and no school, no matter how excellent, can give you education. What you receive is like the outlines in a child’s coloring book. You must fill in the colors yourself. Louis L'Amour