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.
C. S. LEWISA proud man is always looking down on things and people; and, of course, as long as you are looking down, you cannot see something that is above you.
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For pride is spiritual cancer: it eats up the very possibility of love, or contentment, or even common sense.
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The fact that our heart yearns for something Earth can’t supply is proof that Heaven must be our home.
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Life with God is not immunity from difficulties, but peace in difficulties.
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Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it’s thinking of yourself less.
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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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Getting over a painful experience is much like crossing monkey bars. You have to let go at some point in order to move forward.
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We must stop regarding unpleasant or unexpected things as interruptions of real life. The truth is that interruptions are real life.
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A clever arrangement of bad eggs will never make a good omelet.
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Pain insists upon being attended to. God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our consciences, but shouts in our pains. It is his megaphone to rouse a deaf world.
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What draws people to be friends is that they see the same truth. They share it.
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Life is too deep for words, so don’t try to describe it, just live it.
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Love is more than an emotion, it is a decision.
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Have fun, even if it’s not the same kind of fun everyone else is having.
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We never find out the strength of the evil impulse inside us until we try to fight it.
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God gives His gifts where He finds the vessel empty enough to receive them.
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