A Few Random Quotes from C. S. Lewis
11/17/2005 00:33 Filed in: Books & Literature
"All that is not eternal is eternally out of date."
The Four Loves
"Never, never pin your whole faith on any human being: not if he is the best and wisest in the whole world. There are lots of nice things you can do with sand; but do not try to build a house upon it."
Mere Christianity
"We may ignore, but we can nowhere evade, the presence of God. The world is crowded with Him. He walks everywhere incognito. And the incognito is not always hard to penetrate. The real labour is to remember, to attend, to come awake. Still more, to remain awake."
Letters to Malcom: Chiefly on Prayer
"It was not for societies or states, that Christ died, but for men."
The Weight of Glory, “Membership”
"God gives gifts where He finds the vessel empty enough to receive them."
Taliessin Through Logres, . . . Arthurian Torso, “Williams and the Arthuriad”
The Four Loves
"Never, never pin your whole faith on any human being: not if he is the best and wisest in the whole world. There are lots of nice things you can do with sand; but do not try to build a house upon it."
Mere Christianity
"We may ignore, but we can nowhere evade, the presence of God. The world is crowded with Him. He walks everywhere incognito. And the incognito is not always hard to penetrate. The real labour is to remember, to attend, to come awake. Still more, to remain awake."
Letters to Malcom: Chiefly on Prayer
"It was not for societies or states, that Christ died, but for men."
The Weight of Glory, “Membership”
"God gives gifts where He finds the vessel empty enough to receive them."
Taliessin Through Logres, . . . Arthurian Torso, “Williams and the Arthuriad”