#100 Brave
Quote: “Since it is so likely that children will meet cruel enemies, let them at least have heard of brave knights and heroic courage.”
Source: “On Stories: And Other Essays on Literature” (1966)
#99 Joy
Quote: “Joy is the serious business of heaven.”
Source: “Letters to Malcolm” (1964)
#98 Honor
Quote: “We laugh at honor and are shocked to find traitors in our midst.”
Source: “The Abolition of Man” (1943)
#97 Goodness
Quote: “There is but one good; that is God. Everything else is good when it looks to Him and bad when it turns from Him.”
Source: “The Great Divorce” (1945)
#96 Grief
Quote: “No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear.”
Source:“A Grief Observed” (1961)
#95 Choice
Quote: “Each day we are becoming a creature of splendid glory or one of unthinkable horror.”
Source: “Mere Christianity” (1952)
#94 Preach
Quote: Jesus Christ did not say, “Go into all the world and tell the world that it is quite right”
Source: “God In The Dock” (1970)
#93 Education
Quote: “The task of the modern educator is not to cut down jungles but to irrigate deserts.”
Source: “The Abolition of Man” (1943)
#92 Mothers
Quote: “The homemaker has the ultimate career. All other careers exist for one purpose only – and that is to support the ultimate career. “
Source: “Collected Letters of C. S. Lewis” (2006)
#91 Interruptions
Quote: “The truth is, of course, that what one regards as interruptions are precisely one’s life.”
Source: “Collected Works of C. S. Lewis” (1994)
#90 The Future
Quote: “The future is something which everyone reaches at the rate of sixty minutes an hour, whatever he does, whoever he is.”
Source: “The Screwtape Letters” (1942)
#89 Joy
Quote: “I sometimes wonder if all pleasures are not substitutes for joy.”
Source: “Mere Christianity” (1952)
#88 Free Will
Quote: There are only 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.”
Source: “The Great Divorce” (1945)
#87 Vulnerable
Quote: “To love at all is to be vulnerable”
Source: “The Four Loves” (1960)
#86 Remember
Quote: “A pleasure is not full grown until it is remembered.”
Source: “Out of the Silent Planet” (1938)
#85 Service
Quote: “It’s so much easier to pray for a bore than to go and see one.”
Source: “Letters to Malcolm” (1964)
#84 Sacrifice
Quote: “The terrible thing, the almost impossible thing, is to hand over your whole self–all your wishes and precautions–to Christ.”
Source: “Mere Christianity” (1952)
#83 Good vs. Bad
Quote: “No man knows how bad he is till he has tried very hard to be good.”
Source: “Mere Christianity”
#82 Change
Quote: “Isn’t it funny how day by day nothing changes, but when you look back, everything is different…”
Source: “Prince Caspian” (1951)
#81 Behavior
Quote: “When we Christians behave badly, or fail to behave well, we are making Christianity unbelievable to the outside world.”
Source: “Mere Christianity” (1952)
#80 Conceit
Quote: “If a man thinks he is not conceited, he is very conceited indeed.”
Source: “Mere Christianity” (1952)
#79 Love
Quote: “Love is not affectionate feeling, but a steady wish for the loved person’s ultimate good as far as it can be obtained.”
Source: “God In The Dock” (1970)
#78 Mirrors
Quote: “We are mirrors whose brightness is wholly derived from the sun that shines upon us.”
Source: “The Four Loves” (1960)
#77 Wants
Quote: “All get what they want; they do not always like it.”
Source: “The Magician’s Nephew” (1955)
#76 Reality
Quote: “[Reality] is not neat, not obvious, not what you expect.”
Source: “Mere Christianity”
#75 Pure in Heart
Quote: “It is safe to tell the pure in heart that they shall see God, for only the pure in heart want to.”
Source: “The Problem of Pain” (1940)
#74 Fidelity
Quote: “Being in love” first moved them to promise fidelity: this quieter love enables them to keep the promise.
Source: “Mere Christianity” (1952)
#73 Narnia
Quote: “All their life in this world and all their adventures in Narnia had only been the cover and the title page: now at last they were beginning Chapter One of the Great Story which no one on earth has read: which goes on for ever: in which every chapter is better than the one before.”
Source: “The Last Battle” (1956)
#72 Truth
Quote: “Thirst was made for water; inquiry for truth.”
Source: “C.S. Lewis: An examined life” (2007)
#71 Family
Quote: “The sun looks down on nothing half so good as a household laughing together over a meal.”
Source: “The Weight of Glory” (1949)
#70 Forgiveness
Quote: “Forgiveness does not mean excusing”
Source: “Fern Seed and Elephants” (1967)
#69 Love
Quote: “Love is something more stern and splendid than mere kindness.”
Source: “The Problem of Pain” (1940)
#68 Miracles
Quote: “Miracles are a retelling in small letters of the very same story which is written across the whole world in letters too large for some of us to see.”
Source: “God In The Dock” (1970)
#67 Aslan
Quote: “This was the very reason why you were brought to Narnia, that by knowing me here for a little, you may know me better there.”
Source:“The Voyage of the Dawn Treader” (1952)
#66 Peace
Quote: “God cannot give us a happiness and peace apart from Himself, because it is not there. There is no such thing.”
Source: “Mere Christianity” (1952)
#65 Give
Quote: “Nothing you have not given away will ever really be yours.”
Source:“Mere Christianity” (1952)
#64 Beauty
Quote: “We do not want merely to see beauty . . . We want something else which can hardly be put into words – to be united with the beauty we see, to pass into it, to receive it into ourselves, to bathe in it, to become part of it.”
Source:“Transposition and Other Addresses” (1949)
#63 Dependent
Quote: “You may forget that you are at every moment totally dependent on God.”
Source:“Mere Christianity” (1952)
#62 Perspective
Quote: “What you see and what you hear depends a great deal on where you are standing. It also depends on what sort of person you are.”
Source: “The Magician’s Nephew” (1955)
#61 Warning!
Quote: “Readers are advised to remember that the devil is a liar.”
Source: “The Screwtape Letters” (1942)
#60 Temptation
Quote: “No man knows how bad he is till he has tried very hard to be good.”
Source:“Mere Christianity” (1952)
#59 Friends
Quote: “What draws people to be friends is that they see the same truth. They share it.”
Source: “The Four Loves” (1960)
#58 Clean and Bright
Quote: “The instrument through which you see God is your whole self. And if a man’s self is not kept clean and bright, his glimpse of God will be blurred”
Source: “Mere Christianity” (1952)
#57 Compliment
Quote: “It is not out of compliment that lovers keep on telling one another how beautiful they are; the delight is incomplete till it is expressed”
Source: “Reflections on the Psalms” (1964)
#56 God’s Glory
Quote: “A man can no more diminish God’s glory by refusing to worship Him than a lunatic can put out the sun by scribbling the word ‘darkness’ on the walls of his cell.”
Source: “The Problem of Pain” (1940)
#55 Better Things Ahead
Quote: “There are far, far better things ahead than any we leave behind.”
Source: “Collected Letters of C. S. Lewis” (2006)
#54 The Door
Quote: “The door on which we have been knocking all our lives will open at last.”
Source: “The Weight of Glory” (1949)
#53 Friendship
Quote: Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: “What! You too? I thought I was the only one.”
Source: “The Problem of Pain” (1940)
#52 The Future
Quote: “The Past is frozen and no longer flows, and the Present is all lit up with eternal rays.”
Source: “The Screwtape Letters” (1942)
#51 Desire
Quote :“If I find in myself desires which nothing in this world can satisfy, the only logical explanation is that I was made for another world.”
Source: “Mere Christianity”
#50 God speaks
Quote: “God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks to us in our conscience, but shouts in our pains; it is his megaphone to rouse a deaf world.”
Source: “The Problem of Pain” (1940)
#49 Silence
Quote: “I have learned now that while those who speak about one’s miseries usually hurt, those who keep silence hurt more.”
Source: “Collected Letters of C. S. Lewis” (2006)
#48 You
Quote: “When Christ died, he died for you individually just as much as if you had been the only person in the world.”
Source: “Mere Christianity” (1952)
#47 Excuses
Quote: “In our own case we accept excuses too easily; in other people’s, we do not accept them easily enough.”
Source: “The Weight of Glory” (1949)
#46 Forgiving ourselves
Quote: “If God forgives us we must forgive ourselves otherwise its like setting up ourselves as a higher tribunal than him.”
Source: “Collected Letters of C. S. Lewis” (2006)
#45 Treasures
Quote: “All these toys were never intended to possess my heart. My true good is in another world, and my only real treasure is Christ.”
Source: “The Problem of Pain” (1940)
#44 Blessings
Quote: “When we lose one blessing, another is often most unexpectedly given in its place.”
Source: “Yours, Jack: Spiritual Direction from C.S. Lewis” (2008)
#43 Father of Lights
Quote: “No good work is done anywhere without aid from the Father of Lights.”
Source: “Reflections on the Psalms” (1964)
#42 Pain
Quote: “God, who foresaw your tribulation, has specially armed you to go through it, not without pain but without stain.”
Source: “Collected Letters of C. S. Lewis” (2006)
#42 Pain
Quote: “God, who foresaw your tribulation, has specially armed you to go through it, not without pain but without stain.”
Source: “Collected Letters of C. S. Lewis” (2006)
#40 Walking
Quote: “To walk out of his will is to walk into nowhere.”
Source: “Perelandra” (1946)
#39 Despair
Quote: “Faith in Christ is the only thing to save you from despair.”
Source: “The Joyful Christian” (1977)
#38 Bad men
Quote: “Of all the bad men, religious bad men are the worst.”
Source: “Reflections on the Psalms” (1964)
#37 Roads
Quote: “One road leads home and a thousand roads lead into the wilderness.”
Source: “The Pilgrim’s Regress” (1933)
#36 Reliance
Quote: “Relying on God has to begin all over again every day as if nothing had yet been done.”
Source: “Collected Letters of C. S. Lewis” (2006)
#35 Fairy tales
Quote: “Someday you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again.”
Source: “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe” (1950)
#34 Prayers
Quote: “If God had granted all the silly prayers I’ve made in my life, where should I be now?”
Source: “Letters to Malcolm” (1964)
#33 A lovely idea
Quote: “Everyone says forgiveness is a lovely idea, until they have something to forgive.”
Source: “Mere Christianity” (1952)
#32 A stable
Quote: “Once in our world, a stable had something in it that was bigger than our whole world.”
Source: “The Last Battle” (1956)
#31 Love
Quote: “Though our feelings come and go, his love for us does not.”
Source: “Mere Christianity” (1952)
#30 Success
Quote: “It is not your business to succeed, but to do right; when you have done so, the rest lies with God.”
Source: “Yours, Jack: Spiritual Direction from C.S. Lewis” (2008)
#29 Faith
Quote: “Faith is the art of holding on to things your reason has once accepted in spite of your changing moods.”
Source: “Mere Christianity” (1952)
#28 Becoming a Christian
Quote: “If you’re thinking of becoming a Christian, I warn you, you’re embarking on something, which will take the whole of you.”
Source: “Mere Christianity” (1952)
#27 Choices
Quote: “Now is our chance to choose the right side. God is holding back to give us that chance. It won’t last forever. We must take it or leave it.”
Source: “Mere Christianity” (1952)
#26 Help
Quote: “You must ask for God’s help. … After each failure, ask forgiveness, pick yourself up, and try again.”
Source: “Mere Christianity” (1952)
#25 Aim
Quote: “Aim at heaven and you will get earth thrown in. Aim at earth and you get neither.”
Source: “Mere Christianity” (1952)
#24 Free will
Quote: “Free will, though it makes evil possible, is also the only thing that makes possible any love or goodness or joy worth having.”
Source: “Mere Christianity” (1952)
#23 Alive
Quote: “When all the suns and nebulae have passed away, each one of you will still be alive.”
Source: “The Weight of Glory” (1949)
#22 Arguing
Quote: “When you are arguing against God you are arguing against the very power that makes you able to argue at all.”
Source: “Mere Christianity” (1952)
#21 The best
Quote: “We’re not doubting that God will do the best for us; we’re wondering how painful the best will turn out to be.”
Source: “Letters of C. S. Lewis” (1966)
20 Infinite attention
Quote: “God has infinite attention to spare for each one of us. You are as much alone with him as if you were the only being he had ever created.”
Source: “Mere Christianity” (1952)
#19 Happiness and peace
Quote: “God cannot give us a happiness and peace apart from himself, because it is not there. There is no such thing.”
Source: “Mere Christianity” (1952)
#18 Parachute
Quote: “We regard God as an airman regards his parachute; it’s there for emergencies, but he hopes he’ll never have to use it.”
Source: “The Problem of Pain” (1940)
#17 Desire
Quote: “If I find in myself a desire which no experience in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that I was made for another world.”
Source: “Mere Christianity” (1952)
#16 Crucifixion
Quote: “It cost God nothing, so far as we know, to create nice things: but to convert rebellious wills cost him crucifixion.”
Source: “Mere Christianity” (1952)
#15 The heart
Quote: “The heart never takes the place of the head: but it can, and should, obey it.”
Source: “The Abolition of Man” (1943)
#14 Goals and dreams
Quote: “You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.”
Source: “Chicken Soup for the Soul” (1993)
#13 Trust
Quote: “There would be no sense in saying you trusted Jesus if you would not take his advice.”
Source: “Mere Christianity” (1952)
#12 Needs
Quote: “God intends to give us what we need, not what we now think we want.”
Source: “The Problem of Pain” (1940)
#11 Human history
Quote: “Human history is the long terrible story of man trying to find something other than God which will make him happy.”
Source:“Mere Christianity” (1952)
#10 Neighbors
Quote: “Do not waste time bothering whether you ‘love’ your neighbor; act as if you do, and you will presently come to love him.”
Source: “Mere Christianity” (1952)
#9 Low points
Quote: “God allows us to experience the low points of life in order to teach us lessons that we could learn in no other way.”
Source: “The Problem of Pain” (1940)
#8 Importance of Christianity
Quote: “Christianity, if false, is of no importance and, if true, is of infinite importance. The one thing it cannot be is moderately important.”
Source: “God In The Dock” (1970)
#7 Pride
Quote: “Pride gets no pleasure out of having something, only out of having more of it than the next man.”
Source: “Mere Christianity” (1952)
#6 Religion
Quote: “If you want a religion to make you feel really comfortable, I certainly don’t recommend Christianity.”
Source: “God In The Dock” (1970)
#5 Humility
Quote: “Humility is not thinking less of yourself, but thinking of yourself less.”
Source: “Mere Christianity” (1952)
#4 Forgiveness
Quote: “To be a Christian means to forgive the inexcusable, because God has forgiven the inexcusable in you.”
Source: “Essays on Forgiveness” (1960)
#3 The Son of God
Quote: “The Son of God became a man to enable men to become sons of God.”
Source: “Mere Christianity” (1952)
#2 Happiness
Quote: “Don’t let your happiness depend on something you may lose.”
Source: “The Four Loves” (1960)
#1 Christianity
Quote: “I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen — not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else.”
Source: “Is Theology Poetry” (1945
