The quotations of

C. S. Lewis

British writer, lay theologian, and scholar

1898–1963

151 quotes, most often on God, Christianity and Morality. Part of the Writers collection.

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?” (1945)
- Christianity
A man who is eating or lying with his wife or preparing to go to sleep in humility, thankfulness and temperance, is, by Christian standards, in an infinitely higher state than one who is listening to Bach or reading Plato in a state of pride.
- 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 (1994) p. 101.
- Christianity
Christ died for men precisely because men are not worth dying for; to make them worth it.
The World’s Last Night
- Christianity
‘You come of the Lord Adam and the Lady Eve,’ said Aslan. ‘And that is both honour enough to erect the head of the poorest beggar, and shame enough to bow the shoulders of the greatest emperor in earth.’
The Chronicles of Narnia, Aslan to Caspian, in Ch. 15: Aslan Makes A Door In The Air
- Christianity
Be sure that the ins and outs of your individuality are no mystery to Him; and one day they will no longer be a mystery to you.
The Problem of Pain
- Christianity
If you read history you will find that the Christians who did most for the present world were precisely those who thought most of the next. It is since Christians have largely ceased to think of the other world that they have become so ineffective in this.
Mere Christianity (1952), Book III, Chapter 10, “Hope”
- Christianity
Those who would most scornfully repudiate Christianity as a mere ‘opiate of the people’ have a contempt for the rich, that is, for all mankind except the poor.
The Problem of Pain
- Christianity
I think we delight to praise what we enjoy because the praise not merely expresses but completes the enjoyment; it is its appointed consummation.
Reflections on the Psalms
- Christianity
Now is our chance to choose the right side. God is holding back to give us that chance. It won’t last forever. We must take it or leave it.
Mere Christianity (1952), Book II, Chapter 5, “The Practical Conclusion”
- Christianity
The Psalmists in telling everyone to praise God are doing what all men do when they speak of what they care about.
Reflections on the Psalms
- Christianity
Unless Christianity is wholly false, the perception of ourselves which we have in moments of shame must be the only true one.
The Problem of Pain
- Christianity
Unless the religious claims of the Bible are again acknowledged, its literary claims will, I think, be given only ‘mouth honour’ and that decreasingly.
They Asked for a Paper
- Christianity
Heaven offers nothing that a mercenary soul can desire.
The Problem of Pain
- Christianity
The doctrine of the Second Coming teaches us that we do not and cannot know when the world drama will end. The curtain may be rung down at any moment: say, before you have finished reading this paragraph.
The World’s Last Night (1952)
- Christianity

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