The Wisdom of Narnia

Contents

Foreword

Simple Pleasures

Kindness & Loyalty

Free & Equal

Creativity

Cleverness/Clever Council

Honour

Responsibility

Friendship & Fellowship

Wisdom of Aslan

Everyday Truths

Intelligence & Reason

Silly Sense

Common Sense

Bravery

A Lesson Learned

True Leadership

Fears

Reaping Evil

Bad Choices

Philosophy of Puddleglum

The Effect of Beauty

Faith

Heart’s Desires

Fortitude

The End & the Beginning

About the Author and Illustrator

Copyright

About the Publisher

Abbreviations used in this book:

MN—The Magician’s Nephew

LWW—The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

HHB—The Horse and His Boy

PC—Prince Caspian

VDT—The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

SC—The Silver Chair

LB—The Last Battle

Foreword

The Wisdom of Narnia

Captivated by the spirited adventures of C. S. Lewis’s The Chronicles of Narnia, generations of readers have also been touched and inspired by their timeless wisdom, simple truths, and gentle humour. We come to understand, through excerpts from all seven books, the power of this special place that has been so important to readers for over fifty years.

Simple Pleasures

There’s nothing to beat good freshwater fish if you eat it when it has been alive half an hour ago and has come out of the pan half a minute ago.

LWW: 74

To sleep under the stars, to drink nothing but well water and to live chiefly on nuts and wild fruit, was a strange experience for Caspian after his bed with silken sheets in a tapestried chamber at the castle, with meals laid out on gold and silver dishes in the anteroom, and attendants ready at his call. But he had never enjoyed himself more. Never had sleep been more refreshing nor food tasted more savoury.

PC: 84