C. S. Lewis Quotes

For good people to do evil things, it takes religion.

In today's society, looking good and feeling good often trumps doing good and being good. And some people don't know the difference anymore.

As our own species is in the process of proving, one cannot have superior science and inferior morals. The combination is unstable and self-destroying.

If one is not virtuous he becomes vicious.

It is always so much easier to be moral than it is to be spiritual.

People are either good or they're not. Religion doesn't make anybody good, I don't think.

Of all bad men religious bad men are the worst.

Guide them by edicts, keep them in line with punishments, and the common people will stay out of trouble but will have no sense of shame. Guide them by virtue, keep them in line with the rites, and they will, besides having a sense of shame, reform themselves.

We are naturally moral beings, but our environments can enhance - or, sadly, degrade - this innate moral sense.

It is difficult for me to regard anyone who obeys no moral principle in his conduct to be a religious man.

Labor unions should study and read the Bible instead of asking for more money. When people get right with God, they are better workers.

The whole history of man is continuous proof of the maxim that to divest one's methods of ethical concepts means to sink into the depths of utter demoralization.

There are bad examples which are worse than crimes; and more states have perished from the violation of morality than from the violation of law.

True knowledge gives a moral standing and moral strength.

Our religion is made to eradicate vices, instead it encourages them, covers them, and nurtures them.

Be not familiar with the idea of wrong, for sin in fancy mothers many an ugly fact.

How you treat the helpless is the real test of morality. Lots of people are flunking that test big time.

I believe that God is the source of all the universal, timeless principles. And to Him, I give all the credit and the glory. However, to a person who is not religious, I believe they can live to the highest level of their conscience and develop spiritual intelligence that surpasses most people, including many religious people, who profess but do not practice.

Morality can muddle mystical understanding and virtue is only necessary in so far as it favours success. All wisdom must be encompassed in order to achieve enlightenment.

May we be people of honesty and integrity trying to do the right thing at all times and in all circumstances.

There can be no question of holding forth on ethics. I have seen people behave badly with great morality and I note every day that integrity has no need of rules

People have no morals, I swear to God. The things that people do for ratings! It's unforgivable.

A corrupt practice may be abolished, but a soiled imagination is not easily cleansed.

Do what's right and you'll please some of the people and astound the rest.

The sum of all is, if we would most truly enjoy this gift of Heaven, let us become a virtuous people.