There is a kind of happiness and wonder that makes you serious. It is too good to waste on jokes.
C. S. LEWISIt is a very funny thing that the sleepier you are, the longer you take about getting to bed.
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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.
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A young man who wishes to remain a sound atheist cannot be too careful of his reading.
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If you love deeply, you’re going to get hurt badly. But it’s still worth it.
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We live, in fact, in a world starved for solitude, silence, and private: and therefore starved for meditation and true friendship.
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God can’t give us peace and happiness apart from Himself because there is no such thing.
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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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Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art. It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things which give value to survival.
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Mental pain is less dramatic than physical pain, but it is more common and also more hard to bear.
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If you live for the next world, you get this one in the deal; but if you live only for this world, you lose them both.
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There are far, far better things ahead than any we leave behind.
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Life with God is not immunity from difficulties, but peace in difficulties.
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I can’t imagine a man really enjoying a book and reading it only once.
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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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A 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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