Always prefer the plain direct word to the long, vague one. Don't implement promises, but keep them. C. S. Lewis directimplementlong Change image and share on social
Even in literature and art, no man who bothers about originality will ever be original: whereas if you simply try to tell the truth (without caring twopence how often it has been told before) you will, nine times out of ten, become original without ever having noticed it. C. S. Lewis artbothercare share on social
Don't use words too big for the subject. Don't say 'infinitely' when you mean 'very'; otherwise you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. C. S. Lewis biginfiniteinfinitely Change image and share on social
A young man who wishes to remain a sound atheist cannot be too careful of his reading. C. S. Lewis atheistcarefulman Change image and share on social
Look for yourself, and you will find in the long run only hatred, loneliness, despair, rage, ruin, and decay. But look for Christ, and you will find Him, and with Him everything else thrown in. C. S. Lewis christdecaydespair Change image and share on social
The real problem is not why some pious, humble, believing people suffer, but why some do not. C. S. Lewis believehumblepeople Change image and share on social
I sometimes wonder whether all pleasures are not substitutes for joy. C. S. Lewis joypleasuresubstitute Change image and share on social
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. C. S. Lewis celldarknessdiminish Change image and share on social
I'm tall, fat, rather bald, red-faced, double-chinned, black-haired, have a deep voice, and wear glasses for reading. C. S. Lewis baldblackchin Change image and share on social
Nothing is more dangerous to one's own faith than the work of an apologist. No doctrine of that faith seems to me so spectral, so unreal as one that I have just successfully defended in a public debate. C. S. Lewis apologistdangerousdebate share on social
