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.
C. S. LEWISYou find out the strength of a wind by trying to walk against it, not by lying down.
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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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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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There are far, far better things ahead than any we leave behind.
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Love is unselfishly choosing for another’s highest good.
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Love is more than an emotion, it is a decision.
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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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I can’t imagine a man really enjoying a book and reading it only once.
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We never find out the strength of the evil impulse inside us until we try to fight it.
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Everyone thinks forgiveness is a lovely idea until he has something to forgive.
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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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Isn’t it funny how day by day nothing changes, but when you look back, everything is different.
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When the whole world is running towards a cliff, he who is running in the opposite direction appears to have lost his mind.
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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.
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Getting over a painful experience is much like crossing monkey bars. You have to let go at some point in order to move forward.
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The future is something which everyone reaches at the rate of sixty minutes an hour, whatever he does, whoever he is.
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