21 of the Best Mere Christianity Quotes from C.S. Lewis Part 1 of 2
“Imagine yourself as a living house. God comes in to rebuild that house. At first, perhaps, you can understand what He is doing. He is getting the drains right and stopping the leaks in the roof and so on; you knew that those jobs needed doing and so you are not surprised. But presently He starts knocking the house about in a way that hurts abominably and does not seem to make any sense. What on earth is He up to? The explanation is that He is building quite a different house from the one you thought of – throwing out a new wing here, putting on an extra floor there, running up towers, making courtyards. You thought you were being made into a decent little cottage: but He is building a palace. He intends to come and live in it Himself.”
“Now is our chance to choose the right side. God is holding back
to give us that chance. It won’t last forever. We must take it or leave it.”
“Even in literature and art, no man who bothers about originality
will ever be original: whereas if you simply try to tell the truth (without
caring twopence how often it has been told before) you will, nine times out of
ten, become original without ever having noticed it.”
“True humility is not thinking less of yourself; it is thinking of yourself less.”
“This world is a great sculptor’s shop. We are the statues and there’s a rumor going around the shop that some of us are someday going to come to life.”
“We need not despair even in our worst, for our failures are forgiven. The only fatal thing is to sit down content with anything less than perfection.”
“Give me all of you!!! I don’t want so much of your time, so much
of your talents and money, and so much of your work. I want YOU!!! ALL OF YOU!!
I have not come to torment or frustrate the natural man or woman, but to KILL
IT! No half measures will do. I don’t want to only prune a branch here and a
branch there; rather I want the whole tree out! Hand it over to me, the whole
outfit, all of your desires, all of your wants and wishes and dreams. Turn them
ALL over to me, give yourself to me and I will make of you a new self—in my
image. Give me yourself and in exchange I will give you Myself. My will, shall
become your will. My heart, shall become your heart.”
“If I find in myself desires which nothing in this world can
satisfy, the only logical explanation is that I was made for another world.”
“[Repentance] means unlearning all the self-conceit and self -will that we have been training ourselves into… It means killing part of yourself, under-going a kind of death.”
“Nothing you have not given away will ever really be yours.”
Taken from: Andrew Hess - Senior Editor of ChurchLeaders.com. He teaches Bible and Psychology classes at Colorado Christian University and is a graduate of Denver Seminary. His writing has appeared on The Gospel Coalition and Leadership Journal. When not working, Andrew is usually enjoying scenic Colorado, teaching Sunday school, or buying a priceless antique at a local garage sale. Connect with Andrew on Twitter @AndrewWHess
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