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 can make anything by writing.
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Mental pain is less dramatic than physical pain, but it is more common and also more hard to bear.
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Don’t let your happiness depend on something you may lose.
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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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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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When we lose one blessing, another is often most unexpectedly given in its place.
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If we find ourselves with a desire that nothing in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that we were made for another world.
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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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Life is too deep for words, so don’t try to describe it, just live it.
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If you love deeply, you’re going to get hurt badly. But it’s still worth it.
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A clever arrangement of bad eggs will never make a good omelet.
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Spiteful words can hurt your feelings but silence breaks your heart.
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The term is over: the holidays have begun. The dream is ended: this is the morning.
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You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.
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Love is unselfishly choosing for another’s highest good.
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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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