C S Lewis Quotes

Telling us to obey instinct is like telling us to obey 'people.' People say different things: so do instincts. Our instincts are at war... Each instinct, if you listen to it, will claim to be gratified at the expense of the rest.
The future is something which everyone reaches at the rate of 60 minutes an hour, whatever he does, whoever he is.
The long, dull, monotonous years of middle-aged prosperity or middle-aged adversity are excellent campaigning weather for the devil.
The real problem is not why some pious, humble, believing people suffer, but why some do not.
The safest road to hell is the gradual one - the gentle slope, soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, without milestones, without signposts.
The task of the modern educator is not to cut down jungles, but to irrigate deserts.
There are two kinds of people: those who say to God, "Thy will be done," and those to whom God says, "All right, then, have it your way."
There is, hidden or flaunted, a sword between the sexes till an entire marriage reconciles them.
Thirty was so strange for me. I've really had to come to terms with the fact that I am now a walking and talking adult.
This is one of the miracles of love: It gives a power of seeing through its own enchantments and yet not being disenchanted.
We all want progress, but if you're on the wrong road, progress means doing an about-turn and walking back to the right road; in that case, the man who turns back soonest is the most progressive.
We are what we believe we are.
What saves a man is to take a step. Then another step.
What we call Man's power over Nature turns out to be a power exercised by some men over other men with Nature as its instrument.
With the possible exception of the equator, everything begins somewhere.
You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.
You can't get a cup of tea big enough or a book long enough to suit me.
A dogmatic belief in objective value is necessary to the very idea of a rule which is not tyranny or an obedience which is not slavery.
Always prefer the plain direct word to the long, vague one. Don't implement promises, but keep them.
Always try to use the language so as to make quite clear what you mean and make sure your sentence couldn't mean anything else.
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