Don’t judge a man by where he is, because you don’t know how far he has come.
C. S. LEWISI think that if God forgives us we must forgive ourselves. Otherwise, it is almost like setting up ourselves as a higher tribunal than Him.
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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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I don’t pray so that I can change God. I pray so that God can change me.
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I was with book, as a woman is with child
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Some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again.
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Hardship often prepares an ordinary person for an extraordinary destiny.
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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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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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One of the most cowardly things ordinary people do is to shut their eyes to facts.
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Nothing is really ours until we share it.
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Integrity is doing the right thing, even when no one is watching.
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Do not let us mistake necessary evils for good.
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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.
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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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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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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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