c s lewis Quotes 1
| Name | Birthday | Death Date | Nationality | father | Mother | Profession | Famous For |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C S Lewis | 29 November 1898 | 22 November 1963 | British, Irish | Albert James Lewis | Florence Augusta Lewis | Screenwriter, Poet, Essayist, Presenter, Philosopher, Novelist, Literary critic | A prolific Irish writer and scholar, best known for his 'Chronicles of Narnia' fantasy series and his pro-Christian texts. |
A list of popular c s lewis quotes are given below.
"Friendship is born at that moment when one man says to another: "What! You too? I thought that no one but myself . . ." - C S Lewis
"In God there is no hunger that needs to be filled, only plenteousness that desires to give." - C S Lewis
"Gratitude looks to the Past and love to the Present; fear, avarice, lust, and ambition look ahead." - C S Lewis
"God can't give us peace and happiness apart from Himself because there is no such thing." - C S Lewis
"We are not necessarily doubting that God will do the best for us; we are wondering how painful the best will turn out to be." - C S Lewis
"The Christian does not think God will love us because we are good, but that God will make us good because He loves us." - C S Lewis
"We regard God as an airman regards his parachute; it's there for emergencies but he hopes he'll never have to use it." - C S Lewis
"The typical expression of opening Friendship would be something like, 'What? You too? I thought I was the only one!" - C S Lewis
"The rule of the universe is that others can do for us what we cannot do for ourselves, and one can paddle every canoe except one's own." - C S Lewis
"The mark of Friendship is not that help will be given when the pinch comes (of course it will) but that, having been given, it makes no difference at all." - C S Lewis
"There is but one good; that is God. Everything else is good when it looks to Him and bad when it turns from Him." - C S Lewis
"Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art.... It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things which give value to survival." - C S Lewis
"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." - C S Lewis
"Love is not affectionate feeling, but a steady wish for the loved person's ultimate good as far as it can be obtained." - C S Lewis
"He died not for men, but for each man. If each man had been the only man made, He would have done no less." - C S Lewis
"They say, 'The coward dies many times'; so does the beloved. Didn't the eagle find a fresh liver to tear in Prometheus every time it dined?" - C S Lewis
"Be confident small immortals. You are not the only voice that all things utter, nor is there eternal silence in the places where you cannot come." - C S Lewis