Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like a... -C. S. Lewis

Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art... It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things that give value to survival.

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C. S. Lewis, whose full name was Clive Staples Lewis, was a British writer and scholar. He is best known for his works of fantasy literature, including "The Chronicles of Narnia" series and "The Space Trilogy." Lewis' imaginative storytelling, allegorical themes, and philosophical insights have made him one of the most beloved and influential writers of the 20th century. His works continue to inspire readers of all ages and have left a lasting impact on the genre of fantasy literature. Lewis' contributions extend beyond fiction, as he also wrote extensively on Christian apologetics and theological topics, engaging in debates and offering perspectives on faith and reason.

C. S. Lewis Quotes to Explore

We are what we believe we are....
I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else....
Telling us to obey instinct is like telling us to obey 'people.' People say different things: so do instincts. Our instincts are at war... Each instin...
Long before history began we men have got together apart from the women and done things. We had time....
What we call Man's power over Nature turns out to be a power exercised by some men over other men with Nature as its instrument....
History isn't just the story of bad people doing bad things. It's quite as much a story of people trying to do good things. But somehow, something goe...
Of all tyrannies a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive....
There is no uncreated being except God. God has no opposite....
What I call my 'self' now is hardly a person at all. It's mainly a meeting place for various natural forces, desires, and fears, etcetera, some of whi...
I gave in, and admitted that God was God....

Art Quotes to Explore

I do not know what the spirit of a philosopher could more wish to be than a good dancer. For the dance is his ideal, also his fine art, finally also t...
Art is for everybody....
It is Homer who has chiefly taught other poets the art of telling lies skillfully....
I am a poor man and of little worth, who is laboring in that art that God has given me in order to extend my life as long as possible....
Art? That's a man's name....
Sleeping is no mean art: for its sake one must stay awake all day....
Extreme complication is contrary to art....
Modernity is the transient, the fleeting, the contingent; it is one half of art, the other being the eternal and the immovable....
The mark of all good art is not that the thing done is done exactly or finely, for machinery may do as much, but that it is worked out with the head a...
When I was making my debut as an artist, I felt that it was very important that I try to combine the background of my own culture, my people, and the ...