C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letter Quotes

A collection of quotes by C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letter.

C.S. Lewis was a renowned British writer and scholar, best known for his Christian apologetics and fantasy novels. He was born on November 29, 1898, in Belfast, Ireland. Lewis developed a deep interest in literature and mythology from a young age. He served in World War I, which had a profound impact on his faith and philosophical beliefs.

Lewis gained academic fame as a scholar at Oxford University, where he specialized in medieval literature. He was a fellow at Magdalen College and later became the professor of Medieval and Renaissance Literature at Cambridge University. Lewis's expertise in literature and his eloquent style of communication made him a popular and influential figure in academic circles.

Among his numerous works, "The Screwtape Letters" is one of Lewis's most famous creations. Published in 1942, it is an epistolary novel consisting of a series of letters between two demons named Screwtape and Wormwood. The book cleverly explores themes of temptation and the human condition from a demonic perspective.

Lewis's writings often contended with matters of faith and spirituality. Alongside "The Screwtape Letters," he is widely acclaimed for his Narnia series, which includes "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe," among others. Throughout his career, Lewis used his literary talents to articulate his Christian beliefs and provide intellectual arguments for his faith.

C.S. Lewis passed away on November 22, 1963, leaving behind a rich literary legacy that continues to captivate readers worldwide.

In peace we can make many of them ignore good and evil entirely; in danger, the issue is forced upon them in a guise to which even we cannot blind them. There is here a cruel dilemma before us. If we promoted justice and charity among men, we should be playing directly into the Enemy's hands; but if we guide them to the opposite behaviour, this sooner or later produces (for He permits it to produce) a war or a revolution, and the undisguisable issue of cowardice or courage awakes thousands of men from moral stupor.This, indeed, is probably one of the Enemy's motives for creating a dangerous world-a world in which moral issues really come to the point. He sees as well as you do that 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. A chastity or honesty, or mercy, which yieldsto danger will be chaste or honest or merciful only on conditions. Pilate was merciful till it became risky.(the enemy referred to is God)

C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letter

Mercy