Forgiveness does not mean excusing.
C. S. LEWISThe term is over: the holidays have begun. The dream is ended: this is the morning.
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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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Life is too deep for words, so don’t try to describe it, just live it.
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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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Atheism turns out to be too simple. If the whole universe has no meaning, we should never have found out that it has no meaning.
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Don’t let your happiness depend on something you may lose.
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God allows us to experience the low points of life in order to teach us lessons that we could learn in no other way.
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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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Write about what really interests you, whether it is real things or imaginary things, and nothing else.
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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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We meet no ordinary people in our lives.
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Things never happen the same way twice.
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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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There are far, far better things ahead than any we leave behind.
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Love is never wasted, for its value does not rest upon reciprocity.
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Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it’s thinking of yourself less.
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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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Spiteful words can hurt your feelings but silence breaks your heart.
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A young man who wishes to remain a sound atheist cannot be too careful of his reading.
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You find out the strength of a wind by trying to walk against it, not by lying down.
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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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Nothing is really ours until we share it.
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One of the most cowardly things ordinary people do is to shut their eyes to facts.
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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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You don’t have a soul. You are a Soul. You have a body.
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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.
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Education without values, as useful as it is, seems rather to make man a more clever devil.
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