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C.S. Lewis Quotes

“My argument against God was that the universe seemed so cruel and unjust. But how had I got this idea of just and unjust? A man does not call a line crooked unless he has some idea of a straight line. What was I comparing this universe with when I called it unjust?” 

– Mere Christianity

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

“Education without values, as useful as it is, seems rather to make man a more clever devil.” 

“[God] will not be used as a convenience. Men or nations who think they can revive the Faith in order to make a good society might just as well think they can use the stairs of heaven as a shortcut to the nearest chemist’s shop.” 

– The Screwtape Letters

“Atheism turns out to be too simple. If the whole universe has no meaning, we should never have found out that it has no meaning. . .” 

– Mere Christianity

“Isn’t it funny how day by day nothing changes but when you look back everything is different….” 

Prince Caspian

“One of the worst results of being a slave and being forced to do things is that when there is no one to force you anymore you find you have almost lost the power of forcing yourself.” 

“Since it is so likely that (children) will meet cruel enemies, let them at least have heard of brave knights and heroic courage. Otherwise you are making their destiny not brighter but darker.”