CS Lewis Quotes
Language exists to communicate whatever it can communicate. Some things it communicates so badly that we never attempt to communicate them by words if any other medium is available.
O Oysters,' said the Carpenter, You've had a pleasant run! Shall we be trotting home again?' But answer came there none - And this was scarcely odd, because They'd eaten every one.
One of the deepest motives (as you are aware) in the human beast (so deep that many have failed to detect it) is Alliteration.
So young a child ought to know which way she's going, even if she doesn't know her own name!
He who has not forgiven an enemy has never yet tasted one of the most sublime enjoyments of life.
It is when we notice the dirt that God is most present in us; it is the very sign of His presence.
Be sure that the ins and outs of your individuality are no mystery to Him; and one day they will no longer be a mystery to you.
There have been times when I think we do not desire heaven but more often I find myself wondering whether, in our heart of hearts, we have ever desired anything else.
God is love, and that love works through men-especially through the whole community of Christians.
Looking for God-or Heaven-by exploring space is like reading or seeing all Shakespeare's plays in the hope that you will find Shakespeare as one of the characters.
The sun looks down on nothing half so good as a household laughing together over a meal.
No doubt those who really founded modern science were usually those whose love of truth exceeded their love of power.
There is no use in talking as if forgiveness were easy. For we find that the work of forgiveness has to be done over and over again.
The way for a person to develop a style is (a) to know exactly what he wants to say, and (b) to be sure he is saying exactly that.
It seems to me that we often, almost sulkily, reject the good that God offers us because, at that moment, we expected some other good.
The instrument through which you see God is your whole self. And if a man's self is not kept clean and bright, his glimpse of God will be blurred
When Christ died, He died for you individually just as much as if you had been the only person in the world.
Well, when one's lost, I suppose it's good advice to stay where you are until someone finds you.
They've a temper, some of them - particularly verbs, they're the proudest - adjectives you can do anything with, but not verbs.
Aztec has played a big part in delivering the solutions that our Dallas office has spent timeless hours and energy searching for.
There is a place. Like no place on Earth. A land full of wonder, mystery, and danger! Some say to survive it: You need to be as mad as a hatter. Which luckily I am.
A gift that cannot be given away ceases to be a gift. The spirit of a gift is kept alive by its constant donation.
I have had prayers answered - most strangely so sometimes - but I think our Heavenly Father's loving-kindness has been even more evident in what He has refused me.
I've always really liked theater. It fascinated me. You can create a reality and get people involved in that reality. It takes place in real time.
The survival of American democracy depends less on the size of its armies than on the capacity of its individual citizens to rely... on the strength of their own thought.
If you want to zoom down the expert slope tomorrow, you have to fall down the bunny slope today.
I would say to a young person: continue to study. Study what is taking place in your community, in your neighborhood, maybe at your school.
Nyquil comes in two colors, red and green, and it's the only thing on the planet that tastes like red and green.
To excuse what can really produce good excuses is not Christian charity; it is only fairness. To be a Christian means to forgive the inexcusable in you.
If you set to work to believe everything, you will tire out the believing-muscles of your mind, and then you'll be so weak you won't be able to believe the simplest true things.
