Lewis on Life #3: No neutral ground in the universe

“There is no neutral ground in the universe; every square inch, every split second, is claimed by God and counter-claimed by Satan”

Lewis on Life #2: Of all bad men religious bad men are the worst.

“For the Supernatural, entering a human soul, opens to it new possibilities both of good and evil.  From that point the road branches: one way to sanctity, love, humility, the other to spiritual pride, self-righteousness, persecuting zeal.  And no way back to the mere humdrum virtues and vices of the unawakened soul.  If the Divine call does not make us better, it will make us very much worse.  Of all bad men religious bad men are the worst.  Of all created beings the wickedest is one who originally stood in the immediate presence of God.”

(Reflections on the Pslams, p. 32)

Lewis on Life #1

“Good things as well as bad, you know, are caught by a kind of infection.  If you want to get warm you must stand near the fire: if you want to be wet you must get into the water.  If you want joy, power, peace, eternal life, you must get close to, or even into, the thing that has them.” (from Mere Christianity, .176).