2,254 Quotes by C. S. Lewis

The proper aim of giving is to put the recipient in a state where he no longer needs our gift.

The basic proposal of the new education is to be that dunces and idlers must not be made to feel inferior to intelligent and industrious pupils. That would be 'undemocratic.

Certain things, if not seen as lovely or detestable, are not being correctly seen at all.

Did I hate him, then? Indeed, I believe so. A love like that can grow to be nine-tenths hatred and still call itself love.

Whenever you are fed up with life, start writing: ink is the great cure for all human ills, as I have found out long ago.

When Christ died, He died for you individually just as much as if you had been the only person in the world.

Read and Re-Read--"Re-reading, we always find a new book.

It still remains true that no justification of virtue will enable a man to be virtuous.

Love as distinct from “being in love” is not merely a feeling. It is a deep unity, maintained by the will and deliberately strengthened by habit...