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One of the most cowardly things ordinary people do is to shut their eyes to facts.

C. S. Lewis

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.
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God Man People Proud Wisdom
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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Crying Decide Healing Inspirational Let Go
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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Born Friendship Moments Myself
We must stop regarding unpleasant or unexpected things as interruptions of real life. The truth is that interruptions are real life.
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Interruption Life Pleasant Regard Truth Unexpectated
The term is over: the holidays have begun. The dream is ended: this is the morning.
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Beginning Dreamss Ending Holiday Inspirational Morning
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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God Hard Time Judgement Overcome Perseverance Situation
I think that if God forgives us we must forgive ourselves. Otherwise, it is almost like setting up ourselves as a higher tribunal than Him.
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Forgiveness God Guilty Ourselves Religion
In such a fearful world, we need a fearless church.
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Fear God Life Positive Religious
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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FAction Friendship Live Meditation Solitude World
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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Deliberate Feeling Habit Love Strength Unity
God gives His gifts where He finds the vessel empty enough to receive them.
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Empty Enough Finding Gift God Recieve
Write about what really interests you, whether it is real things or imaginary things, and nothing else.
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Book Habit Imagination Interest Writing
To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything and your heart will be wrung and possibly broken.
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Broken Heart Heart Love Possible Vulnerable
We all agree that forgiveness is a beautiful idea until we have to practice it.
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Agree Beautiful Forgiveness Peace Practice Sorry
We meet no ordinary people in our lives.
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Life Live One Liner Ordinary People Special
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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Boss Evil Greatness Gun Leadership World

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