C. S. Lewis Quotes

But he who never sins can little boast Compared to him who goes and sins no more!

Only sinners need saviors.

Is virtue a thing remote? I wish to be virtuous, and lo! Virtue is at hand.

We need to ask God for forgiveness and do all we can to correct whatever harm our actions may have caused. Repentance means a change of mind and heart—we stop doing things that are wrong, and we start doing things that are right. It brings us a fresh attitude toward God, oneself, and life in general.

There never was a truly great man that was not at the same time truly virtuous.

Rarely do great beauty and great virtue dwell together.

Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.

Great and good are seldom the same man.

What is beautiful is good, and who is good will soon be beautiful.

The idea of right and wrong, being righteous, acknowledging when you make a mistake, repentance - all these important things I got from my Catholic background.

The good man is the man who, no matter how morally unworthy he has been, is moving to become better.

I don't want to be interesting. I want to be good.

I did not use paint, I made myself up morally.

The just man walks in his integrity

It is by doing good that we become good.

Being a 'good man' is something you do, not something you are.

Growing up a good person, it's a lot harder than you'd think.

True atonement isn't the periodic shaving of karmic stubble via confessional; it requires deep, truthful change. It means doing the hardest thing of all: not making the same stupid mistake again.

God is forgiving or we would not still be walking this world. But to be moral is not to need his divine forgiveness, I think.

The only word for goodness is goodness, and it is not enough.

Of all parts of wisdom, the practice is the best. Socrates was esteemed the wisest man of his time because he turned his acquired knowledge into morality, and aimed at goodness more than greatness.

Excellence or virtue in a man will be the disposition which renders him a good man and also which will cause him to perform his function well.

Men become old, but they never become good.

Virtue is not always amiable.

I have seen men incapable of the sciences, but never any incapable of virtue.