Courage 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.
C. S. LEWISEducation without values, as useful as it is, seems rather to make man a more clever devil.
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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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Spiteful words can hurt your feelings but silence breaks your heart.
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We never find out the strength of the evil impulse inside us until we try to fight it.
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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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I can’t imagine a man really enjoying a book and reading it only once.
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Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it’s thinking of yourself less.
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A clever arrangement of bad eggs will never make a good omelet.
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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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Everyone thinks forgiveness is a lovely idea until he has something to forgive.
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Nothing you have not given away will ever really be yours.
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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 term is over: the holidays have begun. The dream is ended: this is the morning.
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God wants a child’s heart and a grownup’s head.
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Don’t let your happiness depend on something you may lose.
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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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