2,254 Quotes by C. S. Lewis

The human spirit will not even begin to try to surrender self-will as long as all seems to be well with it. Now error and sin both have this property, that the deeper they are the less their victim suspects their existence; they are masked evil. Pain is unmasked, unmistakable evil; every man knows that something is wrong when he is being hurt.

True friends... face in the same direction, toward common projects, interests, goals.

When all the suns and nebulae have passed away, each one of you will still be alive.

You see, Aslan didn't tell Pole what would happen. He only told her what to do. That fellow will be the death of us once he's up, I shouldn't wonder. But that doesn't let us off following the signs. - The Silver Chair

God is love, and that love works through men-especially through the whole community of Christians.

I am often, I believe, praying for others when I should be doing things for them. It's so much easier to pray for a bore than to go and see him.

You cannot study Pleasure in the moment of the nuptial embrace, nor repentance while repenting, nor analyze the nature of humour while roaring with laughter.

A sick society must think much about politics, as a sick man must think much about his digestion.

If a man thinks he is not conceited, he is very conceited indeed.