No man knows how bad he is till he has tried very hard to be good...Only those who try to resist temptation know how strong it is.
C. S. LewisThe truth is, of course, that what one regards as interruptions are precisely one's life.
C. S. LewisYou cannot study Pleasure in the moment of the nuptial embrace, nor repentance while repenting, nor analyze the nature of humour while roaring with laughter.
C. S. LewisIt is when we notice the dirt that God is most present in us; it is the very sign of His presence.
C. S. LewisFallen man is not simply an imperfect creature who needs improvement: he is a rebel who must lay down his arms. Laying down your arms, surrendering, saying you are sorry, realizing that you have been on the wrong track and getting ready to start life over again from the ground floor-that is the only way out of a "hole." This process of surrender-this movement full speed astern-is repentance.
C. S. LewisNo, I donโt wish I knew Heaven was like the picture in my Great Divorce, because, if we knew that, we should know it was no better. The good things even of this world are far too good ever to be reached by imagination. Even the common orange, you know: no one could have imagined it before he tasted it. How much less Heaven.
C. S. Lewis