Education without values, as useful as it is, seems rather to make man a more clever devil. C. S. Lewis cleverdevileducation Change image and share on social
Failures, repeated failures, are finger posts on the road to achievement. One fails forward toward success. C. S. Lewis achievementfailfailure Change image and share on social
Affection is responsible for nine-tenths of whatever solid and durable happiness there is in our lives. C. S. Lewis affectiondurablehappiness Change image and share on social
'Good English' is whatever educated people talk; so that what is good in one place or time would not be so in another. C. S. Lewis educateenglishgood Change image and share on social
The long, dull, monotonous years of middle-aged prosperity or middle-aged adversity are excellent campaigning weather for the devil. C. S. Lewis adversityagecampaign Change image and share on social
Humans are amphibians - half spirit and half animal. As spirits they belong to the eternal world, but as animals they inhabit time. C. S. Lewis amphibiananimalbelong Change image and share on social
Some people feel guilty about their anxieties and regard them as a defect of faith but they are afflictions, not sins. Like all afflictions, they are, if we can so take them, our share in the passion of Christ. C. S. Lewis afflictionanxietychrist share on social
A man who is eating or lying with his wife or preparing to go to sleep in humility, thankfulness and temperance, is, by Christian standards, in an infinitely higher state than one who is listening to Bach or reading Plato in a state of pride. C. S. Lewis bachchristianeat share on social
Aim at heaven and you will get earth thrown in. Aim at earth and you get neither. C. S. Lewis aimearthheaven Change image and share on social
The task of the modern educator is not to cut down jungles, but to irrigate deserts. C. S. Lewis cutdeserteducator Change image and share on social
