Love is not affectionate feeling, but a steady wish for the loved person’s ultimate good as far as it can be obtained.
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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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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Every Christian would agree that a man’s spiritual health is exactly proportional to his love for God.
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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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You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.
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Love is more than an emotion, it is a decision.
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Love is something more stern and splendid than mere kindness.
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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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The death of a beloved is an amputation.
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Friendship is born at the moment when one man says to another “What! You too? I thought that no one but myself.
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No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear.
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We meet no ordinary people in our lives.
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The greatest evils in the world will not be carried out by men with guns, but by men in suits sitting behind desks.
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Love is never wasted, for its value does not rest upon reciprocity.
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The fact that our heart yearns for something Earth can’t supply is proof that Heaven must be our home.
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Don’t judge a man by where he is, because you don’t know how far he has come.
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