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.
C. S. LEWISPain 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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Crying is all right in its way while it lasts. But you have to stop sooner or later, and then you still have to decide what to do.
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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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God doesn’t want something from us. He simply wants us.
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Love is never wasted, for its value does not rest upon reciprocity.
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You must be asking which door is the true one; not which pleases you best.
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There are far, far better things ahead than any we leave behind.
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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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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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No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear.
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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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When the whole world is running towards a cliff, he who is running in the opposite direction appears to have lost his mind.
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You never know how much you really believe anything until its truth or falsehood becomes a matter of life and death to you.
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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 not affectionate feeling, but a steady wish for the loved person’s ultimate good as far as it can be obtained.
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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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