C.S. Lewis Quotes II

"The freedom of a creature must mean freedom to choose: and choice implies the existence of things to choose between."

The Problem of Pain
 
"Moral rules are directions for running the human machine. Every moral rule is there to prevent a breakdown, or a strain, or a friction, in the running of that machine."

Mere Christianity
 
"The proper aim of giving is to put the recipient in a state where he no longer needs our gift."

The Four Loves
 
"When I first began to draw near to belief in God and even for some time after it had been given to me, I found a stumbling block in the demand so clamorously made by all religious people that we should praise God; still more in the suggestion that God Himself demanded it."

Reflections on the Psalms
 
Son of Adam said:
"When I first began to draw near to belief in God and even for some time after it had been given to me, I found a stumbling block in the demand so clamorously made by all religious people that we should praise God; still more in the suggestion that God Himself demanded it."

Reflections on the Psalms
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Wow...that one just hit me hard for some reason. Anyway...

Our leisure, even our play, is a matter of serious concern. There is no neutral ground in the universe: ever square inch, every split second, is claimed by God and counterclaimed by Satan. ~C.S. Lewis
 
"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."

The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
 
I suppose I should start copying you. It makes more sense.

When one has read a book, I think there is nothing so nice a discussing it with some one else-even though it sometimes produces rather fierce arguments.

The Letters of C.S. Lewis to Arthur Greeves
 
"... Jill said, 'I bet we sleep well tonight,' for it had been a full day. Which just shows how little anyone knows what is going to happen to them next."

The Silver Chair
 
What I like about experiance is that it is such an honest thing. You may take any number of wrong turnings; but keep your eyes open and you will not be allowed to go very far before the warning signs appear. You may have deceived yourself, but experiance is not trying to deceive you. The universe rings true wherever you fairly test it.

Suprised by Joy
 
"Everyone begins as a child by liking Weather. You learn the art of disliking it as you grow up. Haven't you ever noticed it on a snowy day? The grown-ups are all going about with long faces, but look at the children - and the dogs? THEY know what the snow's made for."

That Hideous Strength
 
"What do people mean when they say 'I am not afraid of God because he is good?' Have they never been to a dentist?"

A Grief Observed
 
Isn't it funny the way some combinations of words can give you-almost apart from their meaning-a thrill like music?

The Letters of C.S. Lewis to Arthur Greeves
 
"In the Trinity Term of I gave in, and admitted that God was God, and knelt and prayed: perhaps, that night, the most dejected and reluctant convert in all England. I did not then see what is now the most shining and obvious thing; the Divine humility which will accept a convert even on such terms. The Prodigal Son at least walked home on his own feet. But who can duly adore that Love which will open the high gates to a prodigal who is brought in kicking, struggling, resentful, and darting his eyes in every direction for a chance of escape?"

Surprised by Joy
 
The American in the old story defined Faith as "the power of believing what we know to be untrue." Now I define Faith as the power of continuing to believe what we once honestly thought to be true until cogent reasons for honestly changing our minds are brought before us.

Christian Reflections, "Religion: Reality or Substitute?"
 
"When you have reached your own room, be kind to those who have chosen different doors and to those who are still in the hall. If they are wrong, they need your prayers all the more, and if they are your enemies, then you are under orders to pray for them. That is one of the rules common to the whole house."

Mere Christianity
 
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