C. S. Lewis Quotes


There have been men before who got so interested in proving the existence of God that they came to care nothing for God himself, as if the good Lord had nothing to do but to exist. There have been some who were so preoccupied with spreading Christianity that they never gave a thought to Christ.


Citations

Lewis, C. S. The Great Divorce. Geoffrey Bles, 1945, p. 68.

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C. S. Lewis
C. S. Lewis
  • Born: November 29, 1898
  • Died: November 22, 1963
  • Nationality: Irish
  • Profession: Novelist, Scholar, Broadcaster

Clive Staples Lewis was a British writer and lay theologian. He held academic positions in English literature at both Oxford University (Magdalen College, 1925–1954) and Cambridge University (Magdalene College, 1954–1963). He is best known for his works of fiction, especially The Screwtape Letters, The Chronicles of Narnia, and The Space Trilogy, and for his non-fiction Christian apologetics, such as Mere Christianity, Miracles, and The Problem of Pain.