Quotes from CS Lewis
No Christian and, indeed, no historian could accept the epigram which defines religion as 'what a man does with his solitude.'
- CS Lewis
Fine feelings, new insights, greater interest in ?religion? mean nothing unless they make our actual behavior better.
- CS Lewis
A man who first tried to guess 'what the public wants,' and then preached that as Christianity because the public wants it, would be a pretty mixture of fool and knave
- CS Lewis
You can't know, you can only believe - or not.
- CS Lewis
You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.
- CS Lewis
Don't let your happiness depend on something you may lose.
- CS Lewis
Life is too deep for words, so don't try to describe it, just live it.
- CS Lewis
A God. The God. One word can make all the difference in the world.
- CS Lewis
In Science we have been reading only the notes to a poem; in Christianity we find the poem itself.
- CS Lewis
All possible knowledge, then, depends on the validity of reasoning...Unless human reasoning is valid no science can be true.
- CS Lewis
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.
- CS Lewis
We may not be able to get certainty, but we can get probability, and half a loaf is better than no bread.
- CS Lewis