Quotes from CS Lewis
Prayer in the sense of petition, asking for things, is a small part of it; confession and penitence are its threshold, adoration its sanctuary, the presence and vision and enjoyment of God its bread and wine.
- CS Lewis
In Gethsemane the holiest of all petitioners prayed three times that a certain cup might pass from Him. It did not. After that the idea that prayer is recommended to us as a sort of infallible gimmick may be dismissed.
- CS Lewis
Daughter of Eve from the far land of Spare Oom where eternal summer reigns around the bright city of War Drobe, how would it be if you came and had tea with me?
- CS Lewis
A proud man is always looking down on things and people; and, of course, as long as you are looking down, you cannot see something that is above you.
- CS Lewis
It is only our bad temper that we put down to being tired or worried or hungry; we put our good temper down to ourselves.
- CS Lewis
The next best thing to being wise oneself is to live in a circle of those who are.
- CS Lewis
Surely what a man does when he is taken off his guard is the best evidence for what sort of man he is.
- CS Lewis
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.
- CS Lewis
No doubt those who really founded modern science were usually those whose love of truth exceeded their love of power.
- CS Lewis
If you are really a product of a materialistic universe, how is it that you don't feel at home there?
- CS Lewis
Certain things, if not seen as lovely or detestable, are not being correctly seen at all.
- CS Lewis
Holy places are dark places. It is life and strength, not knowledge and words, that we get in them. Holy wisdom is not clear and thin like water, but thick and dark like blood.
- CS Lewis