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Everyone thinks forgiveness is a lovely idea until he has something to forgive.

C. S. Lewis

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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God Man People Proud Wisdom
You never know how much you really believe anything until its truth or falsehood becomes a matter of life and death to you.
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Believe Death False Life Truth Value
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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Attend Conscience God Pain Pleasure World
The greatest evils in the world will not be carried out by men with guns, but by men in suits sitting behind desks.
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Boss Evil Greatness Gun Leadership World
Gratitude looks to the Past and love to the Present; fear, avarice, lust, and ambition look ahead.
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Fear Gratitude Love Lust Past Present
Adventures are never fun while you’re having them.
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Adventure Enjoyment Fun Happiness Life One Liner
Forgiveness does not mean excusing.
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Deep Excuse Forgiveness Inspirational One Liner Peace
A sign of a culture that has lost its faith – Moral collapse follows upon spiritual collapse.
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Collapse Culture Faith Lost Moral Spiritual
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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Atheist Finding God Religion Universe
God wants a child’s heart and a grownup’s head.
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Children God Grow Heart Mind Positive
Isn’t it funny how day by day nothing changes, but when you look back, everything is different.
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Change Deep Different Funny Inspirational Life
Love may forgive all infirmities and love still in spite of them: but Love cannot cease to will their removal.
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Cease Forgiveness Love Remove Spite
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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Change God Healing Help Myself Pray
I have learned now that while those who speak about one’s miseries usually hurt, those who keep silence hurt more.
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Hurt Learning Sad Silence Speak Truth
One of the most cowardly things ordinary people do is to shut their eyes to facts.
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Coward Eyes FAction People Shut Truth
When we lose one blessing, another is often most unexpectedly given in its place.
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Blessing Giving Lose Place Unexpected

Everyone thinks forgiveness is a lovely idea until he has something to forgive.

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