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.
C. S. LEWISLove 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 must be asking which door is the true one; not which pleases you best.
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Education without values, as useful as it is, seems rather to make man a more clever devil.
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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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Eating and reading are two pleasures that combine admirably.
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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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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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You find out the strength of a wind by trying to walk against it, not by lying down.
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I pray because I can’t help myself. I pray because I’m helpless. It doesn’t change God – it changes me.
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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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Isn’t it funny how day by day nothing changes, but when you look back, everything is different.
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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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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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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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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 unselfishly choosing for another’s highest good.
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