CS Lewis Quotes

My brother and I are always playing F1 on the PlayStation and now I am going to be in one of those cars on the games!

MBA programs are underwritten by large companies and they succeed at producing future employees of large companies. In that regard, they are doing exactly what they are supposed to be doing.

There is no correlation between a childhood success and a professional athlete.

Kindness is the power that moves us to support and heal someone who offers nothing in return.

Sometimes we set boundaries for ourselves in life, or even worse, we allow others to do so. In many cases, these boundaries are just in our mind and need to be pushed away.

I've never needed government to hold my hand.

I rarely drink from the bottle, but I'll smoke a little weed.

People who bore one another should meet seldom; people who interest one another, often.

Misery, mutilation, destruction, terror, starvation and death characterize the process of war and form a principal part of the product.

Good and evil increase at compound interest. That's why the little decisions we make every day are of infinite importance.

The proper definition of a man is an animal that writes letters.

The right to have access to every building in the city by private motorcar in an age when everyone possesses such a vehicle is actually the right to destroy the city.

Once she remembered trying to box her own ears for having cheated herself in a game of croquet she was playing against herself, for this curious child was very fond of pretending to be two people.

If you drink much from a bottle marked 'poison' it is certain to disagree with you sooner or later.

It's not a question of God 'sending' us to Hell. In each of us there is something growing up which will of itself be Hell unless it is nipped in the bud.

Above all, do not attempt to use science (I mean, the real sciences) as a defence against Christianity. They will positively encourage him to think about realities he can’t touch and see.

It pays to get drunk with the best people.

When we are wholly His we will be more ourselves than ever.

It doesn't really matter whether you grip the arms of the dentist's chair or let your hands lie in your lap. The drill drills on.

Anti-utopianism continues to suffuse our culture...Today few imagine that society can be fundamentally improved, and those who do are seen as at best deluded, at worst threatening.

Artists need to fill themselves to overflowing and give it all back.

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

Every story of conversion is the story of a blessed defeat.

I think we must attack -- wherever we meet it -- the nonsensical idea that mutually exclusive propositions about God can both be true.

The choice of every lost soul can be expressed in the words "Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven." There is always something they insist on keeping, even at the price of misery.

Man is not the centre. God does not exist for the sake of man. Man does not exist for his own sake.

You can’t get second things by putting them first. You get second things only by putting first things first.

I strongly hold that, if an idea fits with common sense, then scientifically it is almost certain to be false.

An athlete and actor are really two different temperaments, night and day. As an athlete you really keep things out and as an actor you really bring things in.

I can't explain myself, I'm afraid, sir,' said Alice, 'Because I'm not myself you see.

Next to the Blessed Sacrament itself, your neighbor is the holiest object presented to your senses.

You only go from nowhere to everywhere once. Let's enjoy it!

You know what it's like to feel anxious - it's horrible feeling anxious. It's stressful having that feeling, having butterflies in your stomach, even for a day, and you don't sleep at night.

I dread specialists in power because they are specialists speaking outside of their special subject.

The only way to defeat pain is to recognize pain exists.

But I will not tell you how long or short the way will be; only that it lies across a river. But do not fear that, for I am the great Bridge Builder.

Back in the day you wanted your albums to have a theme, and 'Sports' theme was really a collection of singles. It was really a record for its time.

It is the privilege of true genius, And especially genius who opens up a new path, To make great mistakes with impunity

Without the aid of trained emotions the intellect is powerless against the animal organism.

One can't believe impossible things.

It is not enough to want to get rid of one’s sins, we also need to believe in the One who saves us from our sins.

In 1984, my mom gave birth to my older sister, Teresa. Due to a complicated delivery, she needed a blood transfusion, and at that moment, my mom had HIV+ blood put into her body.

Please,' she said, 'You're so beautiful. You may eat me if you like. I'd rather be eaten by you than fed by anyone else.

As long as he doesn't convert it into action, it does not matter how much a man thinks about his repentance.

Your life will never improve unless you start making daily improvements.

We may think God wants actions of a certain kind, but God wants people of a certain kind.

Valentine's Day: the holiday that reminds you that if you don't have a special someone, you're alone.

Before we can be cured, we must want to be cured.

Virtue - even attempted virtue - brings light; indulgence brings fog.

Nobody who gets enough food and clothing in a world where most are hungry and cold has any business to talk about 'misery.'