Home / Quotes / Quote by C. S. Lewis

Quote by C. S. Lewis

“We need not despair even in our worst, for our failures are forgiven. The only fatal thing is to sit down content with anything less than perfection.”

Quote by C. S. Lewis

Book:A Mind Awake: An Anthology of C. S. Lewis

Work

A Mind Awake: An Anthology of C. S. Lewis

This anthology compiles a selection of C. S. Lewis's writings, offering insights into his thoughts on faith, morality, and the nature of human existence. The collection includes a range of essays and lectures that showcase Lewis's intellectual depth and his ability to engage with complex ideas in accessible ways. more

Author

C. S. Lewis was a British novelist, academic, and Christian theologian. He is renowned for his fictional works, particularly The Chronicles of Narnia, a series of fantasy novels that have become a beloved classic of children's literature. Lewis also penned adult fiction, including the science fiction trilogy Out of the Silent Planet and the space trilogy. His non-fiction works, such as Mere Christianity and The Problem of Pain, have had a significant impact on Christian thought and spirituality. more

You May Also Like

“Ah how shameless – the way these mortals blame the gods. From us alone they say come all their miseries yes but they themselves with their own reckless ways compound their pains beyond their proper share.”

Way Pain Share Blame Misery Mortals Reckless Compounds Shameless Odyssey Odysseus

Book:The odyssey

Source: The odyssey

“The world is like a ride in an amusement park. And when you choose to go on it you think it's real because that's how powerful our minds are. And the ride goes up and down and round and round. It has thrills and chills and it's very brightly coloured and it's very loud and it's fun, for a while. Some people have been on the ride for a long time and they begin to question: "Is this real, or is this just a ride?" And other people have remembered, and they come back to us, they say, "Hey, don't worry, don't be afraid, ever, because this is just a ride." And we kill those people.”

“Whenever we cannot love in the old, human way . . . God can give us the perfect way.”

Way Giving Humans Perfect Hiding Place

Book:The Hiding Place

Source: The Hiding Place

“Truth to tell, the longer I live, the more I'm tempted to think that the only moderately worthwhile people in the world are you and I.”

People Thinking World Worthwhile Tempted

Book:Les Liaisons Dangereuses Owc:Pb

Source: Les Liaisons Dangereuses Owc:Pb

“And for a moment, I understand that I have friends on this lonely path; that sometimes your place is not something you find, but something you have when you need it.”

Needs Sometimes Moments Path Lonely Lonely Path

Book:Rebel Angels

Source: Rebel Angels

“Truth is naturally universal...and shines into many different windows, though many are clouded.”

Different Truth Is Window Universal Shining Clouded

Author:Anya Seton

“All of them, all except Phineas, constructed at infinite cost to themselves these Maginot Lines against this enemy they thought they saw across the frontier, this enemy who never attacked that way-if he ever attacked at all; if he was indeed the enemy.”

Ifs Way Lines Enemy Saws Cost Infinite Frontiers Separate Peace

Author:John Knowles

“Oh God, are there so many of them in our land! Students who can’t be happy until they’ve graduated, servicemen who can’t be happy until they are discharged, single folks who can’t be happy until they’ve found a mate, workers who can’t be happy until they’ve retired, adolescents who aren’t happy until they’re grown, ill people who aren’t happy until they’re well, failures who aren’t happy until they succeed, restless who can’t wait until they get out of town, and in most cases, vice versa, people waiting, waiting for the world to begin.”

People World Wells Found Waiting Cases Land Students Succeed Towns Workers Folks Ill Vices Mates Restless Retired Vice Versa Servicemen

Author:Tom Robbins

“To the extent that this world surrenders its richness and diversity, it surrenders its poetry; to the extent that it relinquishes its capacity to surprise, it relinquishes its music; to the extent that it loses its ability to tolerate ridiculous and even dangerous exceptions, it loses its grace.”

World Loses Ability Grace Dangerous This World Diversity Capacity Surprise Ridiculous Surrender Exception Tolerate Richness

Author:Tom Robbins

“I am a law student in my first year at the law, and there are many moments when I am simply a mess.”

Years Firsts Moments Law Students Mess Law Students

Book:One L

Source: One L