Can a mortal ask questions which God finds unanswerable? Quite easily, I should think. All nonsense questions are unanswerable. C. S. Lewis on god
Of all tyrannies a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. C. S. Lewis on good
How incessant and great are the ills with which a prolonged old age is replete. C. S. Lewis on great
Affection is responsible for nine-tenths of whatever solid and durable happiness there is in our lives. C. S. Lewis on happiness
God cannot give us a happiness and peace apart from Himself, because it is not there. There is no such thing. C. S. Lewis on happiness
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. C. S. Lewis on history
Long before history began we men have got together apart from the women and done things. We had time. C. S. Lewis on history
Reason is the natural order of truth but imagination is the organ of meaning. C. S. Lewis on imagination
Literature adds to reality, it does not simply describe it. It enriches the necessary competencies that daily life requires and provides and in this respect, it irrigates the deserts that our lives have already become. C. S. Lewis on life
Affection is responsible for nine-tenths of whatever solid and durable happiness there is in our lives. C. S. Lewis on love
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 on love
There is, hidden or flaunted, a sword between the sexes till an entire marriage reconciles them. C. S. Lewis on marriage
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 on men
Long before history began we men have got together apart from the women and done things. We had time. C. S. Lewis on men
You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream. C. S. Lewis on motivational
Miracles do not, in fact, break the laws of nature. C. S. Lewis on nature
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 on nature
God cannot give us a happiness and peace apart from Himself, because it is not there. There is no such thing. C. S. Lewis on peace
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 on power
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 on power