C. S. Lewis Quotes About Satan

• On the back of Satan's neck is a nail scarred footprint.

  C. S. Lewis

  Nails, Necks, Satan

• Above all else , the devil can not stand to be mocked.

  C. S. Lewis

  Devil, Can Not

• He (the devil) always sends errors into the world in pairs--pairs of opposites...He relies on your extra dislike of one to draw you gradually into the opposite one. But do not let us be fooled. We have to keep our eyes on the goal and go straight through between both errors. We have no other concern than that with either of them.

  C. S. Lewis

  Religious, Couple, Eye

• There is no neutral ground in the universe. Every square inch, every split second is claimed by God, and counterclaimed by Satan.

  C. S. Lewis

  Squares, Religion, Atheism

  C. S. Lewis (2003). “A Mind Awake: An Anthology of C. S. Lewis”, p.168, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

• Satan always sends error into the world in pairs that are opposites. His great hope is that you will get so upset about one of his errors, that you'll react into the opposite one, and he's got you.

  C. S. Lewis

  Errors, Opposites, Upset

• To admire Satan [in Paradise Lost] is to give one's vote not only for a world of misery, but also for a world of lies and propaganda, of wishful thinking, of incessant autobiography.

  C. S. Lewis

  Lying, Thinking, Giving

  C.S. Lewis (2005). “A Preface to Paradise Lost”, p.9, Atlantic Publishers & Dist

• Like a good chess player, Satan is always trying to maneuver you into a position where you can save your castle only by losing your bishop.

  C. S. Lewis

  Player, Always Trying, Castles

• All the time the joke is that the word "mine" in its fully possessive sense cannot be uttered by a human being about anything. In the long run either [Satan] or God will say "mine" of each thing that exists, and specially of each man.

  C. S. Lewis

  Running, Men, Long

• I could well believe that it is God's intention, since we have refused milder remedies, to compel [Christians] into unity, by persecution even. Satan is without doubt nothing else than a hammer in the hand of a benevolent and severe God.

  C. S. Lewis

  Christian, Believe, Hands

• If you haven't met Satan recently, you are probably going his way!

  C. S. Lewis

  Way, Satan, Mets

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