Author: C. S. Lewis

Quotes

Aim at heaven and you will get earth thrown in. Aim at earth and you get neither.

Aim at heaven and you will get earth thrown in. Aim at earth and you get neither.

- C. S. Lewis

Reason is the natural order of truth; but imagination is the organ of meaning.

Reason is the natural order of truth; but imagination is the organ of meaning.

- C. S. Lewis

Joy is the serious business of Heaven.

Joy is the serious business of Heaven.

- C. S. Lewis

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

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

- C. S. Lewis

Failures, repeated failures, are finger posts on the road to achievement. One fails forward toward success.

Failures, repeated failures, are finger posts on the road to achievement. One fails forward toward success.

- C. S. Lewis

Miracles do not, in fact, break the laws of nature.

Miracles do not, in fact, break the laws of nature.

- C. S. Lewis

Satan, the leader or dictator of devils, is the opposite, not of God, but of Michael.

Satan, the leader or dictator of devils, is the opposite, not of God, but of Michael.

- C. S. Lewis

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.'

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.'

- C. S. Lewis

You can't get a cup of tea big enough or a book long enough to suit me.

You can't get a cup of tea big enough or a book long enough to suit me.

- C. S. Lewis

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