If there are occasions when my grape turned into a raisin and my joy bell lost its resonance, please forgive me. Charge it to my head and not to my heart.

Jesse Jackson
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C.S. Lewis said, “If there are occasions when my grape turned into a raisin and my joy bell lost its resonance, please forgive me. Charge it to my head and not to my heart.” It was his belief that these two parts of the human being need to work together in order for us to function properly. He believed that our emotions were an essential part of our existence.

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