C.S. Lewis, a renowned author and theologian, is best known for his beloved Chronicles of Narnia series. However, another one of his lesser-known works, “The Screwtape Letters”, offers a fascinating exploration of human nature and the battle between good and evil. In this collection of fictional letters, Lewis portrays a senior demon named Screwtape mentoring his nephew Wormwood on how to tempt and corrupt humans. The book is filled with thought-provoking quotes that shed light on the human condition and our struggles with faith, morality, and temptation.
Read these c.s. lewis screwtape letters quotes
“There is nothing like suspense and anxiety for barricading a human’s mind against the Enemy. He wants men to be concerned with what they do; our business is to keep them thinking about what will happen to them.” – C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters
“Prosperity knits a man to the World. He feels that he is ‘finding his place in it,’ while really it is finding its place in him.” – C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters
“Indeed the safest road to Hell is the gradual one—the gentle slope, soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, without milestones, without signposts.” – C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters
“A moderated religion is as good for us as no religion at all—and more amusing.” – C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters
“The more often he feels without acting, the less he will ever be able to act, and, in the long run, the less he will be able to feel.” – C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters
“Do not be deceived, Wormwood. Our cause is never more in danger than when a human, no longer desiring, but still intending, to do our Enemy’s will, looks round upon a universe from which every trace of Him seems to have vanished, and asks why he has been forsaken, and still obeys.” – C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters
“We want him to be in the maximum uncertainty, so that his mind will be filled with contradictory pictures of the future, every one of which arouses hope or fear.” – C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters
“The man who truly and disinterestedly enjoys any one thing in the world, for its own sake, and without caring two pence what other people say about it, is by that very fact forearmed against some of our subtlest modes of attack.” – C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters
“You must bring him to a condition in which he can practise self-examination for an hour without discovering any of those facts about himself which are perfectly clear to anyone who has ever lived in the same house with him or worked in the same office.” – C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters
“The game is to have them all running about with fire extinguishers whenever there is a flood, and all crowding to that side of the boat which is already nearly gunwale under.” – C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters
“Courage is not simply one of the virtues but the form of every virtue at the testing point, which means at the point of highest reality.” – C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters
“The safest road to Hell is the gradual one—the gentle slope, soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, without milestones, without signposts.” – C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters
“Indeed the safest road to Hell is the gradual one—the gentle slope, soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, without milestones, without signposts.” – C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters
“It does not matter how small the sins are, provided that their cumulative effect is to edge the man away from the Light and out into the Nothing. Murder is no better than cards if cards can do the trick.” – C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters
“The greatest evil that can befall a man is that he should come to think ill of himself.” – C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters
“Indeed the safest road to Hell is the gradual one—the gentle slope, soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, without milestones, without signposts.” – C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters
“He cannot ‘tempt’ to virtue as we do to vice. He wants them to learn to walk and must therefore take away His hand; and if only the will to walk is really there He is pleased even with their stumbles.” – C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters
“Relying on God has to begin all over again every day as if nothing had yet been done.” – C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters
“Indeed the safest road to Hell is the gradual one—the gentle slope, soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, without milestones, without signposts.” – C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters
“He wants them to learn to walk and must therefore take away His hand; and if only the will to walk is really there He is pleased even with their stumbles.” – C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters
These quotes from “The Screwtape Letters” offer a glimpse into the profound insights and wisdom that C.S. Lewis possessed. They encourage us to reflect on our own lives, the choices we make, and the influence of both good and evil in our world. Whether you are a fan of Lewis’s works or simply seeking thought-provoking quotes, these snippets from “The Screwtape Letters” are sure to inspire and challenge you.
