More from C. S. Lewis
No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear.
C. S. LewisC. S. Lewis Spiteful words can hurt your feelings but silence breaks your heart.
C. S. LewisC. S. Lewis When we lose one blessing, another is often most unexpectedly given in its place.
C. S. LewisC. S. Lewis Every Christian would agree that a man’s spiritual health is exactly proportional to his love for God.
C. S. LewisC. S. Lewis Don’t judge a man by where he is, because you don’t know how far he has come.
C. S. LewisC. S. Lewis Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it’s thinking of yourself less.
C. S. LewisC. S. Lewis Love is never wasted, for its value does not rest upon reciprocity.
C. S. LewisC. S. Lewis If we find ourselves with a desire that nothing in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that we were made for another world.
C. S. LewisC. S. Lewis We all agree that forgiveness is a beautiful idea until we have to practice it.
C. S. LewisC. S. Lewis One of the most cowardly things ordinary people do is to shut their eyes to facts.
C. S. LewisC. S. Lewis Forgiveness does not mean excusing.
C. S. LewisC. S. Lewis We live, in fact, in a world starved for solitude, silence, and private: and therefore starved for meditation and true friendship.
C. S. LewisC. S. Lewis Love is not affectionate feeling, but a steady wish for the loved person’s ultimate good as far as it can be obtained.
C. S. LewisC. S. Lewis 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.
C. S. LewisC. S. Lewis When I have learned to love God better than my earthly dearest, I shall love my earthly dearest better than I do now.
C. S. LewisC. S. Lewis A clever arrangement of bad eggs will never make a good omelet.
C. S. LewisC. S. Lewis
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Sadness shoots a bullet straight at your heart and love buys you time.
Shelby CaudleShelby Caudle Do you think it possible that some people are born to give more love than they will ever get back in return?
Tyler Knott GregsonTyler Knott Gregson It’s been a long time since we said goodbye and yet the echoes of it are still ringing in our ears.
Ranata SuzukiRanata Suzuki In this wilderness, Mankind is the animal I fear.
Addison SchmittAddison Schmitt We can always walk with them in the rain instead of just lending an umbrella.
Leon MarshLeon Marsh Flowers only wither to bloom again. So shall you break, only to be whole again.
Fareena AliyaFareena Aliya What do you do when the passion burns out? Start another fire.
Jonny OxJonny Ox To love well is the task in all meaningful relationships, not just romantic bonds.
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The milk of kindness flows through my body, I shall follow Jesus to the Taco Bell and give thanks.
Aretha FranklinAretha Franklin When we’re awake in our bodies and sense, the world comes alive. Wisdom, creativity, and love are discovered as we relax and awaken through our bodies.
Tara BrachTara Brach Art is science in the flesh.
Jean CocteauJean Cocteau I’d much rather eat pasta and drink wine than be a size 0.
Sophia LorenSophia Loren I would totally lose myself in the music and be a gypsy. I would go wherever I wanted to in my head – wherever the music took me. My body followed.
Elizabeth TaylorElizabeth Taylor I’m not a drug user myself. I’m too little to take drugs – my body can’t take it.
Winona RyderWinona Ryder Just one living cell in the human body is, more complex than New York City.
Linus PaulingLinus Pauling A circle cannot fill a triangle, so neither can the whole world, if it were to be compassed, the heart of man; a man may as easily fill a chest with grace as the heart with gold. The air fills not the body, neither doth money the covetous mind of man.
Edmund SpenserEdmund Spenser
