C. S. Lewis Quotes

2.1K quotes · Writer, Scholar

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C. S. Lewis Quotes

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C. S. Lewis

Writer, Scholar

Hopeful

“It is that of an unsatisfied desire which is itself more desirable than any other satisfaction.”

Desire Friendship Satisfaction

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C. S. Lewis

Writer, Scholar

Philosophical

“There are no ordinary people. You have never talked to a mere mortal. Nations, cultures, arts, civilizations--these are mortal, and their life is to ours as the life of a gnat.”

Art Civilization Gnats

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Love

“Christ died for men precisely because men are not worth dying for; to make them worth it.”

Men Dying Christ

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Courageous

“Let's pray that the human race never escapes from Earth to spread its iniquity elsewhere.”

Race Earth

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Courageous

“Do not dare not to dare.”

Life Religion

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Wise

“The Christian "doctrines" are translations into our concepts and ideas of that which God has already expressed in language more adequate, namely the actual incarnation, crucifixion, and resurrection”

Ideas Christian Doctrine

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Sad

“Digory never spoke on the way back, and the others were shy of speaking to him. He was very sad and he wasn't even sure all the time that he had done the right thing; but whenever he remembered the shining tears in Aslan's eyes he became sure.”

Eye Shining Nephew

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Wise

“Good and evil both increase at compound interest. That is why the little decisions you and I make every day are of such infinite importance. The smallest good act today is the capture of a strategic point from which, a few months later, you may be able to go on to victories you never dreamed of. An apparently trivial indulgence in lust or anger today is the loss of a ridge or railway line or bridgehead from which the enemy may launch an attack otherwise impossible.”

Evil Decision Loss

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Inspired

“We are not necessarily doubting that God will do the best for us; we are wondering how painful the best will turn out to be.”

Inspirational God Doubt

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Adventurous

“The sight of the huge world put mad ideas into me, as if I could wander away, wander forever, see strange and beautiful things, one after the other...”

Ideas Beautiful Sight

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Spiritual

“Christ says, 'Give me all. I don't want so much of your time and so much of your money and so much of your work: I want You.'”

Want Giving Christ

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Spiritual

“Our Father refreshes us on the journey with some pleasant inns, but will not encourage us to mistake them for home.”

Inspirational Life Christian

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