I first read C.S. Lewis in high school, and I quickly fell in love with his peculiar ability to explain some of the most challenging concepts of Christianity and human nature in a way that made sense to my 10th grade brain. To celebrate C.S. Lewis simply because he was a cool guy (I mean, he friends with JRR Tolkien!), here are some of my favorite quotes from Lewis to make you think and give you a breath of encouragement.

1. "Humility is not thinking less of yourself, but thinking of yourself less."

2. "Education without values, as useful as it is, seems rather to make man a more clever devil."

3. "I find in myself a desire which no experience in this world can satisfy. The most probable explanation is that I was made for another world."

4. "Love is sometimes more stern and splendid than mere kindness."

5. "We must lay before Him what is in us, not what ought to be in us."

6. "Feelings, feelings, and feelings. Let me try thinking instead."

7. "Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another, 'What! You too? I thought I was the only one!'"

8. "He loved us not because we were lovable, but because is He is love."

9. "Faith is the art of holding on to things in spite of your changing moods and circumstances."

10. "To be a Christian means to forgive the inexcusable because God has forgiven the inexcusable in you."