Quote by C.S. Lewis
“Me gustan mucho más los murciélagos que los burócratas. Vivo en la Era del Dirigismo, en un mundo dominado por la Administración. El mayor mal no se hace ahora en aquellas sórdidas «guaridas de criminales» que a Dickens le gustaba pintar. Ni siquiera se hace, de hecho, en los campos de concentración o de trabajos forzados. En los campos vemos su resultado final, pero es concebido y ordenado (instigado, secundado, ejecutado y controlado) en oficinas limpias, alfombradas, con calefacción y bien iluminadas, por hombres tranquilos de cuello de camisa blanco, con las uñas cortadas y las mejillas bien afeitadas, que ni siquiera necesitan alzar la voz. En consecuencia, y bastante lógicamente, mi símbolo del Infierno es algo así como la burocracia de un estado-policía, o las oficinas de una empresa dedicada a negocios verdaderamente sucios.”
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Clive Staples Lewis was born in Ireland, in Belfast on 29 November 1898. His mother was a devout Christian and made efforts to influence his beliefs. When she died in his early youth her influence waned and Lewis was subject to the musings and mutterings of his friends who were decidedly agnostic and atheistic. It would not be until later, in a moment of clear rationality that he first came to a belief in God and later became a Christian.
C. S. Lewis volunteered for the army in 1917 and was wounded in the trenches in World War I. After the war, he attended university at Oxford. Soon, he found himself on the faculty of Magdalen College where he taught Mediaeval and Renaissance English.
Throughout his academic career he wrote clearly on the topic of religion. His most famous works include the Screwtape Letters and the Chronicles of Narnia. The atmosphere at Oxford and Cambridge tended to skepticism. Lewis used this skepticism as a foil. He intelligently saw Christianity as a necessary fact that could be seen clearly in science.
"Surprised by Joy" is Lewis's autobiography chronicling his reluctant conversion from atheism to Christianity in 1931.