2,254 Quotes by C. S. Lewis

Safe?” said Mr. Beaver; “don’t you hear what Mrs. Beaver tells you? Who said anything about safe? ‘Course he isn’t safe. But he’s good. He’s the King, I tell you.

No great wisdom can be reached without sacrifice.

You cannot make men good by law.

If conversion makes no improvements in a man's outward actions then I think his 'conversion' was largely imaginary.

We all want progress, but if you're on the wrong road, progress means doing an about-turn and walking back to the right road; in that case, the man who turns back soonest is the most progressive.

I was not born to be free---I was born to adore and obey.

A moderated religion is as good for us as no religion at all—and more amusing.

There are no ordinary people. You have never talked to a mere mortal.

Something deep in the human heart breaks at the thought of a life of mediocrity.