29 November: CS Lewis

C. S. (Clive Staples) Lewis, author of the Narnia books, was born on this date in 1898. 10 CS Lewis quotations:

1. I do not think the forest would be so bright, nor the water so warm, nor love so sweet, if there were no danger in the lakes.
2. You came of the Lord Adam and the Lady Eve,” said Aslan. “And that is both honour enough to erect the head of the poorest beggar and shame enough to bow the shoulders of the greatest emperor on earth.
3. You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.
4. Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art... It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things that give value to survival.
5. We all want progress, but if you're on the wrong road, progress means doing an about-turn and walking back to the right road; in that case, the man who turns back soonest is the most progressive.
6. There are two kinds of people: those who say to God, 'Thy will be done,' and those to whom God says, 'All right, then, have it your way.'
7. We are what we believe we are.
8. The future is something which everyone reaches at the rate of 60 minutes an hour, whatever he does, whoever he is.
9. The real problem is not why some pious, humble, believing people suffer, but why some do not.
10. Miracles do not, in fact, break the laws of nature.