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.
C. S. LEWISEvery Christian would agree that a man’s spiritual health is exactly proportional to his love for God.
More C. S. Lewis Quotes
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Atheists express their rage against God although in their view He does not exist.
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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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What draws people to be friends is that they see the same truth. They share it.
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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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It is a very funny thing that the sleepier you are, the longer you take about getting to bed.
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I pray because I can’t help myself. I pray because I’m helpless. It doesn’t change God – it changes me.
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She’s the sort of woman who lives for others – you can tell the others by their hunted expression.
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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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Eating and reading are two pleasures that combine admirably.
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God gives His gifts where He finds the vessel empty enough to receive them.
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A clever arrangement of bad eggs will never make a good omelet.
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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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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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I don’t pray so that I can change God. I pray so that God can change me.
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I can’t imagine a man really enjoying a book and reading it only once.
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