C. S. Lewis on allow
C. S. Lewis93 quotes“God allows us to experience the low points of life in order to teach us lessons that we could learn in no other way.”
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God knows our situation; He will not judge us as if we had no difficulties to overcome. What matters is the sincerity and perseverance of our will to overcome them.
C. S. LewisC. S. Lewis We meet no ordinary people in our lives.
C. S. LewisC. S. Lewis The frequent attempt to conceal mental pain increases the burden: it is easier to say My tooth is aching than to say “My heart is broken.
C. S. LewisC. S. Lewis Love may forgive all infirmities and love still in spite of them: but Love cannot cease to will their removal.
C. S. LewisC. S. Lewis The term is over: the holidays have begun. The dream is ended: this is the morning.
C. S. LewisC. S. Lewis There are far, far better things ahead than any we leave behind.
C. S. LewisC. S. Lewis Have fun, even if it’s not the same kind of fun everyone else is having.
C. S. LewisC. S. Lewis Life with God is not immunity from difficulties, but peace in difficulties.
C. S. LewisC. S. Lewis You find out the strength of a wind by trying to walk against it, not by lying down.
C. S. LewisC. S. Lewis A young man who wishes to remain a sound atheist cannot be too careful of his reading.
C. S. LewisC. S. Lewis If nothing in this world satisfies me, perhaps it is because I was made for another world.
C. S. LewisC. S. Lewis If you love deeply, you’re going to get hurt badly. But it’s still worth it.
C. S. LewisC. S. Lewis God gives His gifts where He finds the vessel empty enough to receive them.
C. S. LewisC. S. Lewis The future is something which everyone reaches at the rate of sixty minutes an hour, whatever he does, whoever he is.
C. S. LewisC. S. Lewis Getting over a painful experience is much like crossing monkey bars. You have to let go at some point in order to move forward.
C. S. LewisC. S. Lewis I was with book, as a woman is with child
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A set is a Many that allows itself to be thought of as a One.
Georg CantorGeorg Cantor The more we allow ourselves to enjoy, the more reasons we find to be joyful.
Marianne WilliamsonMarianne Williamson So much about living life, to me, is about humility and gratitude. And I’ve tried very hard to have those qualities and be that person and I’m just so disappointed in myself that I allowed it to slip.
Katherine HeiglKatherine Heigl Certainly the Constitution does not require discrimination on the basis of sex. The only issue is whether it prohibits it. It doesn’t.
Antonin ScaliaAntonin Scalia If you are always allowed to stop training whenever you feel discomfort, you will find it too easy to give yourself permission to quit.
Jet LiJet Li God has allowed hard things in your life so you can show the world that your God is great and that knowing Him brings peace and joy, even when life is hard.
Francis ChanFrancis Chan The opposite of love is not hate, but indifference. Indifference creates evil. Hatred is evil itself. Indifference is what allows evil to be strong, what gives it power.
Elie WieselElie Wiesel Pessimism is a luxury that a Jew can never allow himself.
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