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God doesn’t want something from us. He simply wants us.

C. S. Lewis

He died not for men, but for each man. If each man had been the only man made, He would have done no less.
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Believe God Man Religion Trust
There is a kind of happiness and wonder that makes you serious. It is too good to waste on jokes.
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Happiness Joke Serious Waste Wonder
I think that if God forgives us we must forgive ourselves. Otherwise, it is almost like setting up ourselves as a higher tribunal than Him.
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Forgiveness God Guilty Ourselves Religion
If we find ourselves with a desire that nothing in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that we were made for another world.
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Desire Explanation God Ourselves Satisfaction World
Have fun, even if it’s not the same kind of fun everyone else is having.
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Attitude Enjoyment Fun Happiness Life
Once people stop believing in God, the problem is not that they will believe in nothing; rather, the problem is that they will believe anything.
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Believe Faith God Life People Problem
One of the most cowardly things ordinary people do is to shut their eyes to facts.
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Coward Eyes FAction People Shut Truth
Love as distinct from “being in love” is not merely a feeling. It is a deep unity, maintained by the will and deliberately strengthened by habit.
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Deliberate Feeling Habit Love Strength Unity
Miracles are a retelling in small letters of the very same story which is written across the whole world in letters too large for some of us to see.
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Inspirational Letter Miracle Trust World
Love is not affectionate feeling, but a steady wish for the loved person’s ultimate good as far as it can be obtained.
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Affection Feeling Goodness Love Obtain Steady
Do not let us mistake necessary evils for good.
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Goodness Inspirational Mistake Necessary One Liner
Some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again.
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Book Enough Fairy Tales Old One Liner
Eating and reading are two pleasures that combine admirably.
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Admire Book Combination Eat Pleasure Reading
It is when we notice the dirt that God is most present in us; it is the very sign of His presence.
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Dirty God Notice Presence Religion
When the whole world is running towards a cliff, he who is running in the opposite direction appears to have lost his mind.
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Direction Lost Mind Opposite Run World
It is a very funny thing that the sleepier you are, the longer you take about getting to bed.
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Alone Bed Funny Habit Peace Sleep

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