C. S. Lewis Quotes and Sayings (4)

Of all tyrannies a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive.
~C. S. Lewis 
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Part of every misery is, so to speak, the misery's shadow or reflection: the fact that you don't merely suffer but have to keep on thinking about the fact that you suffer. I not only live each endless day in grief, but live each day thinking about living each day in grief.
~C. S. Lewis 
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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.

~C. S. Lewis

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With the possible exception of the equator, everything begins somewhere.

~C. S. Lewis

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

~C. S. Lewis

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“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

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 “Atheism turns out to be too simple. If the whole universe has no meaning, we should never have found out that it has no meaning...”

― C.S. Lewis

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 “I'm on Aslan's side even if there isn't any Aslan to lead it. I'm going to live as like a Narnian as I can even if there isn't any Narnia.”

― C.S. Lewis, The Silver Chair

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 “Some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again.”

― C.S. Lewis, The World's Last Night: And Other Essays

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 “I can't imagine a man really enjoying a book and reading it only once.”

― C.S. Lewis

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 “It is a good rule after reading a new book, never to allow yourself another new one till you have read an old one in between.”

― C.S. Lewis

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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.

~C. S. Lewis

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We are what we believe we are.

~C. S. Lewis

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What saves a man is to take a step. Then another step.

~C. S. Lewis

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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.

~C. S. Lewis

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The future is something which everyone reaches at the rate of 60 minutes an hour, whatever he does, whoever he is.

~C. S. Lewis

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The long, dull, monotonous years of middle-aged prosperity or middle-aged adversity are excellent campaigning weather for the devil.

~C. S. Lewis

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There is, hidden or flaunted, a sword between the sexes till an entire marriage reconciles them.

~C. S. Lewis

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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.

~C. S. Lewis

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This is one of the miracles of love: It gives a power of seeing through its own enchantments and yet not being disenchanted.

~C. S. Lewis

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The real problem is not why some pious, humble, believing people suffer, but why some do not.

~C. S. Lewis

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The safest road to hell is the gradual one - the gentle slope, soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, without milestones, without signposts.

~C. S. Lewis

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The task of the modern educator is not to cut down jungles, but to irrigate deserts.

~C. S. Lewis

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