C. S. Lewis Given Quotations

Much is expected from those to whom much is given.

The value given to the testimony of any feeling must depend on our whole philosophy, not our whole philosophy on a feeling.

He who has not forgiven an enemy has never yet tasted one of the most sublime enjoyments of life.

I never exactly made a book. It's rather like taking dictation. I was given things to say.

The proper rewards are not simply tacked on to the activity for which they are given, but are the activity itself in consummation.

The mark of Friendship is not that help will be given when the pinch comes (of course it will) but that, having been given, it makes no difference at all.

Affection is responsible for nine-tenths of whatever solid and durable happiness there is in our lives.

Love may forgive all infirmities and love still in spite of them: but Love cannot cease to will their removal.

I find that when I think I am asking God to forgive me I am often in reality. . . asking Him not to forgive me but to excuse me.

We all agree that forgiveness is a beautiful idea until we have to practice it.

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.

I think that if God forgives us we must forgive ourselves. Otherwise, it is almost like setting up ourselves as a higher tribunal than Him.

To be a Christian means to forgive the inexcusable because God has forgiven the inexcusable in you.