C. S. Lewis Quotes

Who is the most sensible person? The one who finds what is to their own advantage in all that happens to them.

Perhaps one of the only positive pieces of advice that I was ever given was that supplied by an old courtier who observed: Only two rules really count. Never miss an opportunity to relieve yourself; never miss a chance to sit down and rest your feet.

Common sense (which, in truth, is very uncommon) is the best sense I know of: abide by it; it will counsel you best.

Still, obviously, one can't be sensible all the time.

Without common sense, all thine efforts are in vain.

I’m a great believer in common sense, and the older I get I see that common sense is not that common

I love you so much. I love you enough that I want to stay separate from you. You're an extraordinary man, Frank Wright. I could so easily lose myself in your world and never make a world of my own. And where would that leave us? We'd both be bored stupid.

There's a lot of common sense ... which I feel like we have lost touch with.

Always run to the short way; and the short way is the natural: accordingly say and do everything in conformity with the soundest reason. For such a purpose frees a man from trouble, and warfare, and all artifice and ostentatious display.

Sensible people find nothing useless.

Rich in saving common-sense, And, as the greatest only are, In his simplicity sublime.

What it takes to do a job will not be learned from management courses. It is principally a matter of experience, the proper attitude, and common sense — none of which can be taught in a classroom... Human experience shows that people, not organizations or management systems, get things done.

There is no monopoly on common sense on either side of the political fence.

Misprize common sense at your peril is my motto.

If a person can build a fence around himself, he is bound to do it.

I am not keeping my distance because it is uncomfortable for me, but because it is uncomfortable for them.

However much you love somebody, you should always keep a part of yourself to yourself. Never give it all. You can never be yourself otherwise.

No really sensible person ever remembers enough poetry to recite it.

Common sense in religion is rare, and we are too often trying to be heroic instead of just ordinarily good and kind.

For the sake of the sons - and even for the son's future wives - a woman must keep a part of her mind and heart entirely for herself. Every family is better off with a wife and mother who can astonish and occasionally dewilder.

The restraining grace of common sense is the mark of all valid minds.

How great a quality is horse sense! Someone has defined it as that something which keeps horses from betting on men!

It takes something more than intelligence to act intelligently.

It's a wise man who profits by his own experience, but it's a good deal wiser one who lets the rattlesnake bite the other fellow.

As you do with any band you're in, you get to know everyone too well all too soon. When you're crammed into a small space, proximity leads to familiarity.