Pain insists upon being attended to. God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our consciences, but shouts in our pains. It is his megaphone to rouse a deaf world.
C. S. LEWISEating and reading are two pleasures that combine admirably.
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Have fun, even if it’s not the same kind of fun everyone else is having.
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If nothing in this world satisfies me, perhaps it is because I was made for another world.
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To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything and your heart will be wrung and possibly broken.
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He died not for men, but for each man. If each man had been the only man made, He would have done no less.
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You can make anything by writing.
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Do not let us mistake necessary evils for good.
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Her absence is like the sky, spread over everything.
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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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There is a kind of happiness and wonder that makes you serious. It is too good to waste on jokes.
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When we lose one blessing, another is often most unexpectedly given in its place.
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Love is something more stern and splendid than mere kindness.
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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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I have learned now that while those who speak about one’s miseries usually hurt, those who keep silence hurt more.
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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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