For pride is spiritual cancer: it eats up the very possibility of love, or contentment, or even common sense.
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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If nothing in this world satisfies me, perhaps it is because I was made for another world.
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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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Mental pain is less dramatic than physical pain, but it is more common and also more hard to bear.
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He died not for men, but for each man. If each man had been the only man made, He would have done no less.
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When I have learned to love God better than my earthly dearest, I shall love my earthly dearest better than I do now.
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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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We all agree that forgiveness is a beautiful idea until we have to practice it.
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No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear.
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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 gives His gifts where He finds the vessel empty enough to receive them.
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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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You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.
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Spiteful words can hurt your feelings but silence breaks your heart.
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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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