C. S. Lewis
“Thirst was made for water; inquiry for truth.”
“No man knows how bad he is till he has tried very hard to be good.”
“It is safe to tell the pure in heart that they shall see God, for only the pure in heart want to.”
“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.”
“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.”
“In our own case we accept excuses too easily; in other people's, we do not accept them easily enough.”
“Forgiveness does not mean excusing.”
“Faith in Christ is the only thing to save you from despair.”
“Relying on God has to begin all over again every day as if nothing had yet been done.”
“Of all the bad men, religious bad men are the worst.”
“It is not your business to succeed, but to do right; when you have done so, the rest lies with God.”
“It cost God nothing, so far as we know, to create nice things: but to convert rebellious wills cost him crucifixion.”
“Aim at heaven and you will get earth thrown in. Aim at earth and you get neither.”
“Free will, though it makes evil possible, is also the only thing that makes possible any love or goodness or joy worth having.”
“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.”
“Human history is the long terrible story of man trying to find something other than God which will make him happy.”
“Don't let your happiness depend on something you may lose.”
“To be a Christian means to forgive the inexcusable, because God has forgiven the inexcusable in you.”
“Humility is not thinking less of yourself, but thinking of yourself less.”
“Christianity, if false, is of no importance and, if true, is of infinite importance. The one thing it cannot be is moderately important.”
“God allows us to experience the low points of life in order to teach us lessons that we could learn in no other way.”
“Do not waste time bothering whether you 'love' your neighbor; act as if you do, and you will presently come to love him.”
“There would be no sense in saying you trusted Jesus if you would not take his advice.”
“We're not doubting that God will do the best for us; we're wondering how painful the best will turn out to be.”
“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.”
“Faith is the art of holding on to things your reason has once accepted in spite of your changing moods.”
“The truth is, of course, that what one regards as interruptions are precisely one's life.”
“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.”
“The prayer preceding all prayers is 'May it be the real I who speaks. May it be the real Thou that I speak to.”
“Prayer does not change God; it changes me.”