Mere Christianity Quotes

“If you want to get warm you must stand near the fire: if you want to be wet you must get into the water. If you want joy, power, peace, eternal life, you must get close to, or even into, the thing that has them.”

― C. S. Lewis, Mere Christianity

topic:peace

“My argument against God was that the universe seemed so cruel and unjust. But how had I got this idea of just and unjust? A man does not call a line crooked unless he has some idea of a straight line. What was I comparing this universe with when...”

― C. S. Lewis, Mere Christianity

topic:justice

“A proud man is always looking down on things and people: and, of course, as long as you are looking down, you cannot see something that is above you.”

― C. S. Lewis, Mere Christianity

topic:humility pride

“Nobody can always have devout feelings: and even if we could, feelings are not what God principally cares about.”

― C. S. Lewis, Mere Christianity

topic:feelings faith

“Unchastity, anger, greed, drunkenness, and all that, are mere flea bites in comparison: it was through Pride that the devil became the devil: Pride leads to every other vice: it is the complete anti-God state of mind.”

― C. S. Lewis, Mere Christianity

topic:pride

“The Christians are right: it is Pride which has been the chief cause of misery in every nation and every family since the world began.”

― C. S. Lewis, Mere Christianity

topic:pride misery

“It is the comparison that makes you proud: the pleasure of being above the rest. Once the element of competition has gone, pride has gone.”

― C. S. Lewis, Mere Christianity

topic:pride

“That is why Christians are told not to judge. We see only the results which a man's choices make out of his raw material. But God does not judge him on the raw material at all, but on what he has done with it.”

― C. S. Lewis, Mere Christianity

topic:judgement

“If you are on the wrong road, progress means doing an about turn and walking back to the right road; and in that case the man who turns back soonest is the most progressive man.”

― C. S. Lewis, Mere Christianity

topic:wrong progress

“a Christian is not a man who never goes wrong, but a man who is enabled to repent and pick himself up and begin over again after each stumble”

― C. S. Lewis, Mere Christianity

topic:wrong

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