You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.
C. S. LEWISWhen we lose one blessing, another is often most unexpectedly given in its place.
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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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Mental pain is less dramatic than physical pain, but it is more common and also more hard to bear.
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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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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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If you never take risks, you’ll never accomplish great things. Everybody dies, but not everyone has lived.
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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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Miracles are a retelling in small letters of the very same story which is written across the whole world in letters too large for some of us to see.
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Some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again.
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It is a very funny thing that the sleepier you are, the longer you take about getting to bed.
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If you love deeply, you’re going to get hurt badly. But it’s still worth it.
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Nothing is really ours until we share it.
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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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God doesn’t want something from us. He simply wants us.
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Gratitude looks to the Past and love to the Present; fear, avarice, lust, and ambition look ahead.
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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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