C. S. Lewis Quotes

The instrument through which you see God is your whole self. And if a man's self is not kept clean and bright, his glimpse of God will be blurred

The soul of sweet delight, can never be defiled.

God doesn't seek for golden vessels, and does not ask for silver ones, but He must have clean ones.

We cannot be unclean and expect the help of the Almighty.

Asceticism doesn't lie in ascetic robes or in walking staff nor in the ashes. Asceticism doesn't lie in the earring nor in the shaven head nor blowing a conch. Asceticism lies in remaining pure amidst impurities.

Space flights are merely an escape, a fleeing away from oneself, because it is easier to go to Mars or to the moon than it is to penetrate one's own being.

The great and secret message of the experiential mystics the world over is that, with the eye of contemplation, Spirit can be seen. With the eye of contemplation, the great Within radiantly unfolds. And in all cases, the eye with which you see God is the same eye with which God sees you: the eye of contemplation.

We are reflectors, and as reflectors we have one duty and that is to stay clean or we won't reflect Jesus.

It has to do with seeing God. “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God” (Matthew 5:8).

The nature of what the Divine notices about you is completely different from the nature of what you do to get noticed.

Blest are the pure in heart, for they shall see our God. The secret of the Lord is theirs; Their soul is Christ's abode.

It is safe to tell the pure in heart that they shall see God, for only the pure in heart want to.

If you care to see God, be pure. If you will not be pure, you will grow more and more impure.

We are all like the bright moon, we still have our darker side.

Our whole business in this Life is to restore to health the eye of the heart whereby God may be seen.

The gift of an image is that it provides a place to watch your soul.

There is a moon inside every human being. Learn to be companions with it.

We see but one aspect of our neighbor, as we see but one side of the moon; in either case there is also a dark half, which is unknown to us. We all come down to dinner, but each has a room to himself.

Of course the Dharma-body of the Buddha was the hedge at the bottom of the garden. At the same time, and no less obviously, it was these flowers, it was anything that I - or rather the blessed Not-I - cared to look at.

Those who are pure in heart and single in purpose are able to understand the most supreme Way. It is like polishing a mirror, which becomes bright when the dust is removed. Remove your passions, and have no hankering.

Ramanama is for the pure at heart and for those who want to attain purity and remain pure.

Why should I wish to see God better than this day? I see something of God each hour of the twenty-four, and each moment then, In the faces of men and women I see God, and in my own face in the glass; I find letters from God dropped in the street, and every one is signed by God's name, And I leave them where they are, for I know that others will punctually come forever and ever.

When I think about myself, my thought seeks itself in the ether of a new space. I am on the moon as others are on their balconies. I participate in planetary gravitation in the fissures of my mind.