If nothing in this world satisfies me, perhaps it is because I was made for another world.
C. S. LEWISMental pain is less dramatic than physical pain, but it is more common and also more hard to bear.
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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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In such a fearful world, we need a fearless church.
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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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The death of a beloved is an amputation.
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There are far, far better things ahead than any we leave behind.
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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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Spiteful words can hurt your feelings but silence breaks your heart.
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God doesn’t want something from us. He simply wants us.
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Atheism turns out to be too simple. If the whole universe has no meaning, we should never have found out that it has no meaning.
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Love is never wasted, for its value does not rest upon reciprocity.
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God gives His gifts where He finds the vessel empty enough to receive them.
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Pain insists upon being attended to. God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our consciences, but shouts in our pains. It is his megaphone to rouse a deaf world.
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Isn’t it funny how day by day nothing changes, but when you look back, everything is different.
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Don’t let your happiness depend on something you may lose.
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We live, in fact, in a world starved for solitude, silence, and private: and therefore starved for meditation and true friendship.
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