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72 Best C.S. Lewis Quotes on Love (CHRISTIANITY)

Top 14 Most Famous C.S. Lewis Quotes on Faith and Hope

The Christian does not think God will love us because we are good, but that God will make us good because He loves us.
The Christian does not think God will love us because we are good, but that God will make us good because He loves us.
Humility is not thinking less of yourself, but thinking of yourself less.
Humility is not thinking less of yourself, but thinking of yourself less.
Integrity is doing the right thing, even when no one is watching.
Integrity is doing the right thing, even when no one is watching.
A woman's heart should be so close to God that a man should have to chase Him to find her.
A woman’s heart should be so close to God that a man should have to chase Him to find her.
To be a Christian means to forgive the inexcusable because God has forgiven the inexcusable in you.
To be a Christian means to forgive the inexcusable because God has forgiven the inexcusable in you.
God can’t give us peace and happiness apart from Himself because there is no such thing.
God can’t give us peace and happiness apart from Himself because there is no such thing.
Affection is responsible for nine-tenths of whatever solid and durable happiness there is in our lives.
Affection is responsible for nine-tenths of whatever solid and durable happiness there is in our lives.
I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else.
I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else.
When Christ died, he died for you individually just as much as if you had been the only person in the world.
When Christ died, he died for you individually just as much as if you had been the only person in the world.
The Son of God became a man to enable men to become sons of God.
The Son of God became a man to enable men to become sons of God.
If we find ourselves with a desire that nothing in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that we were made for another world.
If we find ourselves with a desire that nothing in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that we were made for another world.
You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.
You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.
Everyone thinks forgiveness is a lovely idea until he has something to forgive.
Everyone thinks forgiveness is a lovely idea until he has something to forgive.
No great wisdom can be reached without sacrifice.
No great wisdom can be reached without sacrifice.

50 Inspirational C.S. Lewis Quotes on Heaven, Integrity and God (LOVE)

Love is something more stern and splendid than mere kindness.
Love is something more stern and splendid than mere kindness.
If you love deeply, you’re going to get hurt badly. But it’s still worth it.
If you love deeply, you’re going to get hurt badly. But it’s still worth it.
To love at all is to be vulnerable.
To love at all is to be vulnerable.
The great thing to remember is that though our feelings come and go God’s love for us does not.
The great thing to remember is that though our feelings come and go God’s love for us does not.
You cannot love a fellow creature fully till you love God.
You cannot love a fellow creature fully till you love God.
Love is not affectionate feeling, but a steady wish for the loved person’s ultimate good as far as it can be obtained.
Love is not affectionate feeling, but a steady wish for the loved person’s ultimate good as far as it can be obtained.
Do not waste time bothering whether you ‘love’ your neighbour; act as if you do, and you will presently come to love him.
Do not waste time bothering whether you ‘love’ your neighbour; act as if you do, and you will presently come to love him.
Experience: that most brutal of teachers. But you learn, my God do you learn.
Experience: that most brutal of teachers. But you learn, my God do you learn.
There is but one good; that is God. Everything else is good when it looks to Him and bad when it turns from Him.
There is but one good; that is God. Everything else is good when it looks to Him and bad when it turns from Him.
I didn’t go to religion to make me happy. I always knew a bottle of Port would do that. If you want a religion to make you feel really comfortable, I certainly don’t recommend Christianity.
I didn’t go to religion to make me happy. I always knew a bottle of Port would do that. If you want a religion to make you feel really comfortable, I certainly don’t recommend Christianity.
Miracles are a retelling in small letters of the very same story which is written across the whole world in letters too large for some of us to see.
Miracles are a retelling in small letters of the very same story which is written across the whole world in letters too large for some of us to see.

“Look for yourself, and you will find in the long run only hatred, loneliness, despair, rage, ruin, and decay. But look for Christ and you will find Him, and with Him everything else thrown in.”

C.S. Lewis
Aim at Heaven and you will get Earth 'thrown in': aim at Earth and you will get neither.
Aim at Heaven and you will get Earth ‘thrown in’: aim at Earth and you will get neither.
Don’t shine so others can see you. Shine so that through you others can see Him.
Don’t shine so others can see you. Shine so that through you others can see Him.
It is when we notice the dirt that God is most present in us; it is the very sign of His presence.
It is when we notice the dirt that God is most present in us; it is the very sign of His presence.
Since it is so likely that children will meet cruel enemies, let them at least have heard of brave knights and heroic courage.
Since it is so likely that children will meet cruel enemies, let them at least have heard of brave knights and heroic courage.
Friendship... is born at the moment when one man says to another "What! You too? I thought that no one but myself..."
Friendship… is born at the moment when one man says to another “What! You too? I thought that no one but myself…”
Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art... It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things which give value to survival.
Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art… It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things which give value to survival.
What draws people to be friends is that they see the same truth. They share it.
What draws people to be friends is that they see the same truth. They share it.
It is not your business to succeed, but to do right; when you have done so, the rest lies with God.
It is not your business to succeed, but to do right; when you have done so, the rest lies with God.
One road leads home and a thousand roads lead into the wilderness.
One road leads home and a thousand roads lead into the wilderness.
In our own case we accept excuses too easily; in other people’s, we do not accept them easily enough.
In our own case we accept excuses too easily; in other people’s, we do not accept them easily enough.

“If you look for truth, you may find comfort in the end; if you look for comfort you will not get either comfort or truth only soft soap and wishful thinking to begin, and in the end, despair.”

C.S. Lewis
Don't use words too big for the subject. Don't say 'infinitely' when you mean 'very'; otherwise you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite.
Don’t use words too big for the subject. Don’t say ‘infinitely’ when you mean ‘very’; otherwise you’ll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite.
You never know how much you really believe anything until its truth or falsehood becomes a matter of life and death to you.
You never know how much you really believe anything until its truth or falsehood becomes a matter of life and death to you.
Each day we are becoming a creature of splendid glory or one of unthinkable horror.
Each day we are becoming a creature of splendid glory or one of unthinkable horror.
No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear.
No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear.
There are far, far better things ahead than any we leave behind.
There are far, far better things ahead than any we leave behind.
A man can no more diminish God’s glory by refusing to worship Him than a lunatic can put out the sun by scribbling the word ‘darkness’ on the walls of his cell.
A man can no more diminish God’s glory by refusing to worship Him than a lunatic can put out the sun by scribbling the word ‘darkness’ on the walls of his cell.
He died not for men, but for each man. If each man had been the only man made, He would have done no less.
He died not for men, but for each man. If each man had been the only man made, He would have done no less.
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.
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.
Pride gets no pleasure out of having something, only out of having more of it than the next man.
Pride gets no pleasure out of having something, only out of having more of it than the next man.
Human history is the long terrible story of man trying to find something other than God which will make him happy.
Human history is the long terrible story of man trying to find something other than God which will make him happy.
Joy is the serious business of heaven.
Joy is the serious business of heaven.
Free will, though it makes evil possible, is also the only thing that makes possible any love or goodness or joy worth having.
Free will, though it makes evil possible, is also the only thing that makes possible any love or goodness or joy worth having.
No man knows how bad he is till he has tried very hard to be good.
No man knows how bad he is till he has tried very hard to be good.
I have learned now that while those who speak about one’s miseries usually hurt, those who keep silence hurt more.
I have learned now that while those who speak about one’s miseries usually hurt, those who keep silence hurt more.
God, who foresaw your tribulation, has specially armed you to go through it, not without pain but without stain.
God, who foresaw your tribulation, has specially armed you to go through it, not without pain but without stain.
Pain insists upon being attended to. God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our consciences, but shouts in our pains. It is his megaphone to rouse a deaf world.
Pain insists upon being attended to. God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our consciences, but shouts in our pains. It is his megaphone to rouse a deaf world.
Crying is all right in its way while it lasts. But you have to stop sooner or later, and then you still have to decide what to do.
Crying is all right in its way while it lasts. But you have to stop sooner or later, and then you still have to decide what to do.
Mental pain is less dramatic than physical pain, but it is more common and also harder to bear.
Mental pain is less dramatic than physical pain, but it is more common and also harder to bear.
The Past is frozen and no longer flows, and the Present is all lit up with eternal rays.
The Past is frozen and no longer flows, and the Present is all lit up with eternal rays.
When we lose one blessing, another is often most unexpectedly given in its place.
When we lose one blessing, another is often most unexpectedly given in its place.
I think that if God forgives us we must forgive ourselves. Otherwise, it is almost like setting up ourselves as a higher tribunal than Him.
I think that if God forgives us we must forgive ourselves. Otherwise, it is almost like setting up ourselves as a higher tribunal than Him.
Nothing you have not given away will ever really be yours.
Nothing you have not given away will ever really be yours.
The heart never takes the place of the head: but it can, and should, obey it.
The heart never takes the place of the head: but it can, and should, obey it.
Affliction is often that thing which prepares an ordinary person for some sort of an extraordinary destiny.
Affliction is often that thing which prepares an ordinary person for some sort of an extraordinary destiny.
The homemaker has the ultimate career. All other careers exist for one purpose only – and that is to support the ultimate career.
The homemaker has the ultimate career. All other careers exist for one purpose only – and that is to support the ultimate career.
Isn’t it funny how day by day nothing changes, but when you look back, everything is different.
Isn’t it funny how day by day nothing changes, but when you look back, everything is different.
The door on which we have been knocking all our lives will open at last.
The door on which we have been knocking all our lives will open at last.

8 Motivational C.S. Lewis Quotes on Life and Reading (BOOKS)

I can't imagine a man really enjoying a book and reading it only once.
I can’t imagine a man really enjoying a book and reading it only once.
Eating and reading are two pleasures that combine admirably.
Eating and reading are two pleasures that combine admirably.
A children's story that can only be enjoyed by children is not a good children's story in the slightest.
A children’s story that can only be enjoyed by children is not a good children’s story in the slightest.
Some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again.
Some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again.
You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.
You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.
It is a good rule after reading a new book, never to allow yourself another new one till you have read an old one in between.
It is a good rule after reading a new book, never to allow yourself another new one till you have read an old one in between.
The task of the modern educator is not to cut down jungles but to irrigate deserts.
The task of the modern educator is not to cut down jungles but to irrigate deserts.
No book is really worth reading at the age of ten which is not equally – and often far more – worth reading at the age of fifty and beyond.
No book is really worth reading at the age of ten which is not equally – and often far more – worth reading at the age of fifty and beyond.

Clive Staples Lewis Short Biography

Born on 29 November 1898 in Belfast, Ireland, Clive Staples Lewis (more popularly known as C.S. Lewis) was a novelist and the author of one of the most popular children’s books series The Chronicles of Narnia.

As a child, Lewis was enchanted by magical animals and the like, he would write about his imaginary world of animals who resided in a land he called Boxen. Lewis entered Oxford in 1917.

In 1925, he obtained a teaching fellowship at Magdalen College. Lewis stayed until 1954, teaching medieval Renaissance English. At the college, he joined a writing group called The Inklings, among the group’s members was J. R. R. Tolkien, whom Lewis regarded as a friend.

Lewis’ first publication of Spirits and Bondage was released in 1919 which received little attention, this prompted him to return to scholarly writing.

In 1938, Lewis published Out of the Silent Planet and wrote two other books that followed. The trilogy is regarded as one of the earliest science fiction trilogies.

C.S. Lewis published his most popular work in 1950 with the release of The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe, the first book of the Chronicles of Narnia. 

Lewis was also a devout Christian throughout his adult life and wrote several books on his faith.

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Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis

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