I don’t pray so that I can change God. I pray so that God can change me.
C. S. LEWISCourage is not simply one of the virtues but the form of every virtue at the testing point, which means at the point of highest reality.
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It is when we notice the dirt that God is most present in us; it is the very sign of His presence.
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We meet no ordinary people in our lives.
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God allows us to experience the low points of life in order to teach us lessons that we could learn in no other way.
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Eating and reading are two pleasures that combine admirably.
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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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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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Spiteful words can hurt your feelings but silence breaks your heart.
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Life with God is not immunity from difficulties, but peace in difficulties.
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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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You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.
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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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Atheists express their rage against God although in their view He does not exist.
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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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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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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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