2,254 Quotes by C. S. Lewis

He has room for people with very little sense, but He wants everyone to use what sense they have.

The Life-Force is a sort of tame God. You can switch it on when you want, but it will not bother you. All the thrills of religion and none of the cost. Is the Life-Force the greatest achievement of wishful thinking the world has yet seen?

I think it very wrong to pray for people while they are in distress and then not to continue praying, now with thanksgiving, when they are relieved.

You can begin as if nothing had ever gone wrong. White as snow.

And she never could remember; and ever since that day what Lucy means by a good story is a story which reminds her of the forgotten story in the Magician's Book.

The New Testament does not envisage solitary religion; regular assembly for worship is everywhere in the epistles.

Heaven, once attained, will work backwards and turn even agony into a glory

Whenever a person dwells chiefly, or even frequently, on the faults of other people's religions, he is in a bad condition.

Being nice doesn’t make you stupid. It makes you feel good because you know you are gracious enough to forgive and smart enough to realize how distasteful some people can be.