The Christian does not think God will love us because we are good, but that God will make us good because He loves us.
Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art. It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things which give value to survival.
Eating and reading are two pleasures that combine admirably.
No book is really worth reading at the age of ten which is not equally – and often far more – worth reading at the age of fifty and beyond.
We are not necessarily doubting that God will do the best for us; we are wondering how painful the best will turn out to be.
To be a Christian means to forgive the inexcusable because God has forgiven the inexcusable in you.
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.
I can't imagine a man really enjoying a book and reading it only once.
Love is not affectionate feeling, but a steady wish for the loved person’s ultimate good as far as it can be obtained.
I’m on Aslan’s side even if there isn’t any Aslan to lead it. I’m going to live as like a Narnian as I can even if there isn’t any Narnia.
Crying is all right in its way while it lasts. But you have to stop sooner or later, and then you still have to decide what to do.
You can make anything by writing.
I have learned now that while those who speak about one’s miseries usually hurt, those who keep silence hurt more.
The homemaker has the ultimate career. All other careers exist for one purpose only – and that is to support the ultimate career.
He died not for men, but for each man. If each man had been the only man made, He would have done no less.
What draws people to be friends is that they see the same truth. They share it.
I didn’t go to religion to make me happy. I always knew a bottle of Port would do that. If you want a religion to make you feel really comfortable, I certainly don’t recommend Christianity.
Love is something more stern and splendid than mere kindness.
The task of the modern educator is not to cut down jungles, but to irrigate deserts.
If you look for truth, you may find comfort in the end; if you look for comfort you will not get either comfort or truth only soft soap and wishful thinking to begin, and in the end, despair.