C S Lewis Verified Quotes & Sayings

Consistency requires discipline. Force yourself out the door. — Bob Glover

For me, reading is my essential palliative, my daily fix. — Penelope Lively

I can't be gay! I'm a happily married conservative, just like Ted Haggard and Larry Craig. — Stephen Colbert

Forgiveness is man's deepest need and highest achievement. — Horace Bushnell

Fighters find it hard to give up doing what they do best - fighting for a living. — Evander Holyfield

The few psychiatrists I respect always talk about people being mad. Use the short, simple, true words... "Mad" has the right sound to it. It's an ordinary word, a word which tells us how lunacy might come and call like a delivery van. — Julian Barnes

When everyone wanted to be successful, I wanted to be resourceful so that I could help everyone to be successful. — Debasish Mridha

You laughed and were happy. I was watching you. I understand the stories your face tells so much better than I did before. I know what your happiness looks like now. — Thea Harrison

When you reread your journal you find out that your newest discovery is something you already found out five years ago. — Thomas Merton

I love the boy you were and the man you have become. — Sarah MacLean

Many ask what difference does it make whether man believes in a God or not.
It makes a big difference.
It makes all the difference in the world.
It is the difference between being right and being wrong; it is the difference between truth and surmises - facts or delusion.
It is the difference between the earth being flat, and the earth being round.
It is the difference between the earth being the center of the universe, or a tiny speck in this vast and uncharted sea of multitudinous suns and galaxies.
It is the difference in the proper concept of life, or conclusions based upon illusion.
It is the difference between verified knowledge and the faith of religion.
It is a question of Progress or the Dark Ages. — Joseph Lewis

The waking dreams of life as most people know them are spiritual experiences, but there is another order of spiritual experience and that's to be in the garden of the heart, in the perfect stillness, where the white light of eternity meets the white light of eternity. — Frederick Lenz

You can tell nothing from a man's appearance, nothing except the depths of your own prejudice. — Simon Mawer