It is a very funny thing that the sleepier you are, the longer you take about getting to bed.
C. S. LEWISLove 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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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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You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.
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Integrity is doing the right thing, even when no one is watching.
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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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Love may forgive all infirmities and love still in spite of them: but Love cannot cease to will their removal.
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Gratitude looks to the Past and love to the Present; fear, avarice, lust, and ambition look ahead.
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I can’t imagine a man really enjoying a book and reading it only once.
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A sign of a culture that has lost its faith – Moral collapse follows upon spiritual collapse.
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God doesn’t want something from us. He simply wants us.
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God wants a child’s heart and a grownup’s head.
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Love is never wasted, for its value does not rest upon reciprocity.
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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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For pride is spiritual cancer: it eats up the very possibility of love, or contentment, or even common sense.
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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 never take risks, you’ll never accomplish great things. Everybody dies, but not everyone has lived.
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