When I have learned to love God better than my earthly dearest, I shall love my earthly dearest better than I do now.
C. S. LEWISCourage is not simply one of the virtues but the form of every virtue at the testing point, which means at the point of highest reality.
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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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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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A young man who wishes to remain a sound atheist cannot be too careful of his reading.
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Some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again.
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It is a very funny thing that the sleepier you are, the longer you take about getting to bed.
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Courage is not simply one of the virtues but the form of every virtue at the testing point, which means at the point of highest reality.
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Integrity is doing the right thing, even when no one is watching.
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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.
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There is a kind of happiness and wonder that makes you serious. It is too good to waste on jokes.
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Eating and reading are two pleasures that combine admirably.
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Atheism turns out to be too simple. If the whole universe has no meaning, we should never have found out that it has no meaning.
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Isn’t it funny how day by day nothing changes, but when you look back, everything is different.
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Don’t shine so that others can see you. Shine so that through you, others can see him.
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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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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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