Here are 21 of the best quotes from C.S. Lewis in his book Mere Christianity, C.S. Lewis’ masterpiece on the Christian life. Based on a series of radio talks, it is one of the top-selling Christian books that has been written. For more quotes from C.S. Lewis, download a free copy of Mere Christianity here.
Here are some of the best quotes from C.S. Lewis in Mere Christianity.
“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.”
“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.”
