"It is not for societies or states, that Christ died, but for men."

- C.S. Lewis. The Weight of Glory, "Membership" (1945), para. 16, p.117.

"Who will take medicine unless he knows he is in the grip of disease?"

- C.S. Lewis.

"Try to exclude the possibility of suffering which the order of nature and the existence of free-wills involve, and you find that you have excluded life itself ( Read more... )

"You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream."

- C.S. Lewis

"Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: 'What! You, too? Thought I was the only one.'"

- C.S. Lewis.

"Every one says forgiveness is a lovely idea, until they have something to forgive."

- C.S. Lewis.

"If we insist on keeping Hell (or even earth) we shall not see Heaven: if we accept Heaven we shall not be able to retain even the smallest and most intimate souvenirs of Hell."

- C.S. Lewis. The Great Divorce, Prefeace, para. 2, p. 6.

"Even in literature and art, no man who bothers about originality will ever be original: whereas if you simply try to tell the truth (without caring twopence how often it has been told before) you will, nine times out of ten, become original without ever having noticed it."

- C.S. Lewis.

"I believe in God, but I detest theocracy. For every Government consists of mere men and is, strictly viewed, a makeshift; if it adds to its commands 'Thus saith the Lord,' it lies, and lies dangerously."

- C.S. Lewis. God in the Dock, "Is Progress Possible?" (1958), para. 16, p. 315.

"The terrible thing, the almost impossible thing, is to hand over your whole self--all your wishes and precautions--to Christ."

- C.S. Lewis. Mere Christianity.