The unavoidable harshness of life surprised none of them, for they were Christians one and all, believing that they inhabited a fallen world, albeit one filled with God's grace.

Lewis had developed a trademark style, slow enough for note taking, loud enough to rouse the dullest listener, straightforward, abundantly furnished with quotations, and lavish in wit.

A letter Lewis wrote reveals an 18-year-old with the energy of a schoolboy and the tastes of an octogenarian.

In the infancy of society every author is necessarily a poet, because language itself is poetry. – Owen Barfield

Words are catch-basins of experience, fingerprints and footprints of the past that the literary detective may scrutinize in order to sleuth out the history of human consciousness.

Imagination pointed toward truth but could not disclose it directly.

We must picture Oxford, during World War I, not as the neomedieval paradise it would like to be, but as the military compound it was obliged to become.

The arts are the best Time Machine we have." C. S. Lewis

Now he must put into practice all his fine poetic thoughts about romantic love.

Passion does not translate easily into good income.

As is the case with many adolescents, Lewis's increased command over over the things of the world brought with it a corresponding atrophy of the moral sense.

You don't judge a tree by the name it Wears, you judge a tree by the fruit it Bears.

The first half of our lives is ruined by our parents and the second half by our children.

God Is Great. If these three words together enshrine in our mind, heart and soul, then there is never worry, anxiety nor a fear of failure in our life.

It is poor civic hygiene to install technologies that could someday facilitate a police state.

When you accepted your job, you were not chosen solely to fill a position on the organization chart; you were chosen to fill a responsibility.

The house of every one is to him as his castle.

All it takes to become an Artist is to start doing Art. By living a life full of Art, we may achieve an Artful life.

Any kind of consciousness that is not related to the production or consumption of material goods is stigmatized in our society today.

Most actors and actresses are consumed by careers and getting ahead.

Some devil with a pitchfork keep talkin' like he know me. I stood before an angel as he told me bout the glory.