Clive Staples Lewis (1898 – 1963) was a British novelist, poet, and Christian apologist. He is best known for his works of fiction, especially The Screwtape Letters, The Chronicles of Narnia.
克利夫·斯特普尔斯·路易斯（1898－1963），常称 C·S·路易斯，是威尔斯裔英国知名作家，诗人，及护教家。他以儿童文学作品《大榔头写给蠹木的煽情书》，《纳尼亚传奇》而闻名於世。

654. Hardship often prepares an ordinary person for an extraordinary destiny.
中文 / Chinese：  困境是为一个常人的不寻常命运做的準备。

654. True humility is not thinking less of yourself; it is thinking of yourself less.
中文 / Chinese：  真正的谦让不是不想自己；而是想自己少一点。

655. If a man thinks he is not conceited, he is very conceited indeed.
中文 / Chinese：  如果有人觉得他不自大，他实际上是十分自大。

656. No man knows how bad he is till he has tried very hard to be good.
中文 / Chinese：  没有人知道他有多坏直到他极力尝试去做好。

657. Everyone thinks forgiveness is a lovely idea until he has something to forgive.
中文 / Chinese：  每人都以为宽恕是一个可爱的主意直至他有些事情要宽恕。

658. What draws people to be friends is that they see the same truth. They share it.
中文 / Chinese：  什麽令人成为朋友是他们看到同一真理。分享同一真理。

659. We live, in fact, in a world starved for solitude, silence, and private: and therefore starved for meditation and true friendship.
中文 / Chinese：  我们活在一个渴望独居，宁静，和私隐的世界：所以渴求得到冥想和真正的友谊。

660. The pain I feel now is the happiness I had before. That’s the deal.
中文 / Chinese：  现在的痛苦是以前的快乐。那是交易。

151. History isn't just the story of bad people doing bad things. It's quite as much a story of people trying to do good things. But somehow, something goes wrong.
中文 / Chinese：   历史不只是关於坏人做坏事，反之它是关於人尝试做好事。但不知道怎样，有些地方出了错。

152. Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art... It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things that give value to survival.
中文 / Chinese：   友谊是不需要的，像哲学，艺术等。它没有生存价值；倒不如说它是给价值予生存的东西。

153. We all want progress, but if you're on the wrong road, progress means doing an about-turn and walking back to the right road; in that case, the man who turns back soonest is the most progressive.
中文 / Chinese：   我们都想要进步，但假如你走错路，进步是要回头向正确方向走；所以，谁及早回头算是最为进取的。

154. If 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.
中文 / Chinese：   如果我发觉我的期望在这世界不能实践，最可能的解释是我属於另一世界。

155. I’m tall, fat, rather bald, red-faced, double-chinned, black-haired, have a deep voice, and wear glasses for reading.
中文 / Chinese：   我高，肥，相当秃头，脸红，双下巴，黑髮，声音深沉，和配带阅读的老花眼镜。