C.S. Lewis Quotes

Failures are finger posts on the road to achievement.

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

I think that all things, in their way, reflect heavenly truth, the imagination not least.

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

Now, here, you see, it takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place. If you want to get somewhere else, you must run at least twice as fast as that!

I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen. Not only because I see it but because I see everything by it.

What I tell you three times is true.

The scars and stains of racism are still deeply embedded in the American society.

And what is the use of a book, " thought Alice, "without pictures or conversation?

If you don't know where you want to go, then it doesn't matter which path you take.

Begin at the beginning, " the King said, very gravely, "and go on till you come to the end: then stop.

There are two kinds of people: those who say to God "Thy will be done " and those to whom God says "All right then have it your way."

If you drink much from a bottle marked 'poison' it is certain to disagree with you sooner or later.

Without prayer, without faith in the Almighty, the civil rights movement would have been like a bird without wings.

Faith is the art of holding on to things your reason has once accepted in spite of your changing moods.

Affection is responsible for nine-tenths of whatever solid and durable happiness there is in our lives.

"The horror of that moment " the King went on "I shall never forget." "You will though " the Queen said "if you don't make a memorandum of it."

I believe in forgiveness I believe in trying to work with people.

How long is forever?Sometimes just one second

Not simply one of the virtues but the form of every virtue at the testing point which means at the point of highest reality.

It is quite useless knocking at the door of heaven for earthly comfort. It's not the sort of comfort they supply there.

Consider anything, only don’t cry!

Let craft, ambition, spite, Be quenched in Reason's night, Till weakness turn to might, Till what is dark be light, Till what is wrong be right!

The Caterpillar and Alice looked at each other for some time in silence: at last the Caterpillar took the hookah out of its mouth,

'The horror of that moment ' the King went on T shall never never forget!' 'You will though 'the Queen said 'if you don't make a memorandum of it.'

In most gardens", the Tiger-lily said, "they make the beds too soft-so that the flowers are always asleep.

Courage is not simply one of the virtues but the form of every virtue at the testing point.

We love and reason because God Loves and reasons and holds our hand while we do it.

There are three hundred and sixty-four days when you might get un-birthday presents, and only one for birthday presents, you know.

History isn't just the story of bad people doing bad things. It's quite as much a story of people trying to do good things. But somehow, something goes wrong.

Somehow it seems to fill my head with ideas—only I don’t exactly know what they are!

Always speak the truth - think before you speak - and write it down afterwards.

Take some more tea, " the March Hare said to Alice, very earnestly."I've had nothing yet, " Alice replied in an offended tone, "so I can't take more." than nothing." opinion, " said Alice.

'Good English' is whatever educated people talk so that what is good in one place or time would not be so in another.

You're enough to try the patience of an oyster!

It's a poor sort of memory that only works backwards, ' says the White Queen to Alice.

Little Alice fell d o w nthe hOle, bumped her head and bruised her soul

Even if toxic people are right about what is "good, " they are wrong if the approach is not healthy.

You know what the issue is with this world? Everyone wants some magical solution to their problem and everyone refuses to believe in magic.

How incessant and great are the ills with which a prolonged old age is replete.

Not one of us can rest, be happy, be at home, be at peace with ourselves, until we end hatred and division.

The action of Rosa Parks, the words and leadership of Dr. King inspired me. I was deeply inspired. I wanted to do something.

In most gardens they make the beds too soft – so that the flowers are always asleep.

Love is a better way.

It's a poor sort of memory that only works backwards.

Why it's simply impassible!Alice: Why, don't you mean impos

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.

you're entirly bonkers but I'll tell you a secret all the best people are

Alice had got so much into the way of expecting nothing but out-of-the-way things to happen, that it seemed quite dull and stupid for life to go on in the common way.

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