Quotes by C.S. Lewis

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“ A man can no more diminish God's glory by refusing to worship Him than a lunatic can put out the sun by scribbling the word 'darkness' on the walls of his cell. “

-C.S. Lewis-

A man can no more diminish God's glory by refusing to worship Him than a lunatic can put out the sun by scribbling the word 'darkness' on the walls of his cell.

You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.

Grief feels so strange. It comes in waves, sometimes gentle, sometimes crashing over you. And in between, there is a kind of numb feeling, where you just wait for the next wave.

Grief is the thing you carry with you, but it doesn't burden you as much.

The reason it hurts so much to separate is because our souls are connected.

To love at all is to be vulnerable.

One of the most cowardly things ordinary people do is to shut their eyes to facts.

The death of a beloved is an amputation.

The pain I feel now is the happiness I had before. That's the deal.

Hardships often prepare ordinary people for an extraordinary destiny.

You can't get second things by putting them first; you can get second things only by putting first things first.

Laughter is the best medicine against a stiff neck, especially if the stiff neck is caused by your own illusions.

To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything and you'll see there's a chance it will be taken from you.

Courage, dear heart.

You can't go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.

Friendship is born in that moment when one man says to another 'What! You too? I thought I was the only one.

Friendship... is born at that moment when one person says to another, 'What! You too? I thought I was the only one.

No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear.

Joy is the serious business of Heaven.

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