C.S. Lewis Quotes - Page 8

Oh, Adam’s sons, how cleverly you defend yourselves against all that might do you good!

A young man who wishes to remain a sound atheist cannot be too careful of his reading.

Aim at Heaven and you will get Earth 'thrown in': aim at Earth and you will get neither.

But very quickly they all became grave again: for, as you know, there is a kind of happiness and wonder that makes you serious. It is too good to waste on jokes.

What we want is not more little books about Christianity, but more little books by Christians on other subjects-with their Christianity latent.

Every natural love will rise again and live forever in this country: but none will rise again until it has been buried.

But how can the characters in a play guess the plot? We are not the playwright, we are not the producer, we are not even the audience. We are on the stage. To play well the scenes in which we are "on" concerns us much more than to guess about the scenes that follow it.

I need Christ, not something that resembles Him.

Provided that any of those neighbours sing out of tune or have boots that squeak, or double chins, or odd clothes, the patient will quite easily believe that their religion must therefore be somehow ridiculous.

A moderated religion is as good for us as no religion at all - and more amusing.

By the very act of arguing, you awake the patient's reason; and once it is awake, who can foresee the result?

Human beings, all over the earth, have this curious idea that they ought to believe in a certain way, and can't really get rid of it.

The false religion of lust is baser than the false religion of mother-love or patriotism or art: but lust is less likely to be made into a religion.

The gods, not out of mercy, have made me strong.

A Pagan is a man eminently convertible to Christianity. The post-Christian man differs from him as much as a divorcee differs from a virgin.

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.

All science is based on observation: all our observations are taken DURING Humpty Dumpty's fall, because we were born after he lost his seat on the wall and shall be extinct long before he reaches the ground.

The experience of a miracle means we must recognize that the data offered by our senses recur in regular pattern.

I know now, Lord, why you utter no answer. You are yourself the answer. Before your face questions die away. What other answer would suffice?

Faith, in the sense in which I am here using the word, is the art of holding on to things your reason has once accepted, in spite of your changing moods.