A proud man is always looking down on things and people; and, of course, as long as you are looking down, you cannot see something that is above you.
C. S. LEWISThere is a kind of happiness and wonder that makes you serious. It is too good to waste on jokes.
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What draws people to be friends is that they see the same truth. They share it.
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Mere change is not growth. Growth is the synthesis of change and continuity, and where there is no continuity there is no growth.
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Her absence is like the sky, spread over everything.
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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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Write about what really interests you, whether it is real things or imaginary things, and nothing else.
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You don’t have a soul. You are a Soul. You have a body.
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Spiteful words can hurt your feelings but silence breaks your heart.
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Forgiveness does not mean excusing.
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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 is never wasted, for its value does not rest upon reciprocity.
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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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God can’t give us peace and happiness apart from Himself because there is no such thing.
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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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God wants a child’s heart and a grownup’s head.
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It is a good rule after reading a new book, never to allow yourself another new one till you have read an old one in between.
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