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C.S. Lewis
“"Since it is so likely that children will meet cruel enemies, let them at least have heard of brave knights…” (29 December 2025)
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Posts9
Retweets210
Likes2,191
First post26 January 2021
Latest post29 December 2025
Posts by year
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C.S. Lewis appears in 9 posts, four from 2021 and five from 2025, and the two batches show different men. The early Lewis is a motivational quote card; the later one is a moralist on temptation and courage, and those later posts are far more widely shared.

Views

The 2021 posts are short and upbeat. Quoting 'There are far, far better things ahead than any we leave behind', he added his own summary: 'The future is always better.' [1]. Others from that year treat setbacks as instruction, with experience as 'that most brutal of teachers' [2] and failures as 'FINGER POSTS ON THE ROAD TO ACHIEVEMENT' [3]. This is Lewis as encouragement, indistinguishable in tone from the account's other quote cards of the period, and none of it touches his Christianity.

The 2025 posts are image-led and morally heavier. One, captioned only 'C.S. Lewis' [4], carries his argument that only those who try to resist temptation know how strong it is. Another, captioned 'You must learn to understand yourself. To understand what you are capable of.' [5], shows his line that a man who is getting better sees more clearly the evil still left in him. In December he posted, twice and a week apart, the line about children meeting cruel enemies: 'let them at least have heard of brave knights and heroic courage' [6], his most-shared Lewis post. Apart from a January image of Lewis 'giving writing advice' [7], a numbered list of craft tips, the year turned Lewis into a guide to character rather than comfort.

Recurring themes

  • the future as better than the past
  • failure as a signpost
  • temptation known only by resisting it
  • honest knowledge of one's own faults
  • courage stories for children

Notable post

The most retweeted GritCult post on the subject, with 75 retweets:

"Since it is so likely that children will meet cruel enemies, let them at least have heard of brave knights and heroic courage."

C.S. Lewis
GRITCULT on X, 29 December 2025

Selected posts

All 9 posts in the archive about C.S. Lewis, ranked by retweets. Select a column heading to sort.

DateRetweetsLikesPostMediaSource
29 December 202575617"Since it is so likely that children will meet cruel enemies, let them at least have heard of brave knights and heroic courage."

C.S. Lewis		Post imageView
28 January 202540490CS Lewis giving writing advice.Post imageView
22 December 202539413CS LewisPost imageView
13 September 202525332You must learn to understand yourself. To understand what you are capable of.

Quote by CS Lewis.		Post imageView
22 August 202514243C.S. LewisPost imageView
9 November 2021950"ISN'T IT FUNNY THAT DAY BY DAY, NOTHING CHANGES BUT WHEN YOU LOOK BACK, EVERYTHING IS DIFFERENT" - C. S. LEWISView
26 January 2021525“There are far, far better things ahead than any we leave behind.”-C.S. Lewis

The future is always better.		View
5 March 2021216"EXPERIENCE: THAT MOST BRUTAL OF TEACHERS. BUT YOU LEARN, MY GOD DO YOU LEARN." - C. S. LEWIS #STPATRICKSDAYView
24 November 202115"FAILURES ARE FINGER POSTS ON THE ROAD TO ACHIEVEMENT." - C. S. LEWISView

History

GritCult first posted about C.S. Lewis on 26 January 2021, and most recently on 29 December 2025. Across the archive the subject comes up 9 times, most often in 2025 (5 posts).

See also

The Philosophers portal

References

  1. ^GRITCULT [@GRITCULT] (26 January 2021). There are far, far better things ahead than any we leave behind. ... The future is always better. X.
  2. ^GRITCULT [@GRITCULT] (5 March 2021). EXPERIENCE: THAT MOST BRUTAL OF TEACHERS. X.
  3. ^GRITCULT [@GRITCULT] (24 November 2021). FAILURES ARE FINGER POSTS ON THE ROAD TO ACHIEVEMENT. X.
  4. ^GRITCULT [@GRITCULT] (22 August 2025). C.S. Lewis. X.
  5. ^GRITCULT [@GRITCULT] (13 September 2025). You must learn to understand yourself. To understand what you are capable of. X.
  6. ^GRITCULT [@GRITCULT] (29 December 2025). let them at least have heard of brave knights and heroic courage. X.
  7. ^GRITCULT [@GRITCULT] (28 January 2025). CS Lewis giving writing advice. X.
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