Inspiring Quotes by C. S. Lewis
Clive Staples (C. S.) Lewis was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland. He is one of the world's most famous authors, best known for writing The Chronicles of Narnia and many popular books on Christian faith and philosophy. Here is a selection of his most famous quotes for English learners.
Quotes from His Fiction Books
"Always winter but never Christmas."
— The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
"Wrong will be right, when Aslan comes in sight, At the sound of his roar, sorrows will be no more."
— The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
"Courage, dear heart."
— The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
"Someday you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again."
— The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
"Space was the wrong name. Older thinkers had been wiser when they made it simply the heavens."
— Out of the Silent Planet
"You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream."
— Attributed to C. S. Lewis
Quotes on His Christian Views & Philosophy
"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."
— Is Theology Poetry?
"If I find in myself a desire which no experience in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that I was made for another world."
— Mere Christianity
"Christianity, if false, is of no importance, and if true, of infinite importance. The only thing it cannot be is moderately important."
— God in the Dock
"Integrity is doing the right thing, even when no one is watching."
— Attributed to C. S. Lewis
"We read to know that we are not alone."
— Attributed to 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."
— The Problem of Pain
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