You will remember how, as a schoolboy, I had destroyed my religious life by a vicious subjectivism which made 'realizations' the aim of prayer; turning away from God to seek states of mind, and trying to produce those states of mind by 'maistry'.
Since feeling is firstwho pays any attentionto the syntax of thingswill never wholly kiss you;wholly to be a foolwhile Spring is in the worldmy blood approves, and kisses are a far better fatethan wisdomlady i swear by all flowers. Don't cry--the best gesture of my...
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E.e. Cummings
She’s kept her love for him as alive as the summer they first met. In order to do this, she’s turned life away. Sometimes she subsists for days on water and air. Being the only known complex life-form to do this, she should have a...
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Nicole Krauss
There are many things in your heart you can never tell to another person. They are you, your private joys and sorrows, and you can never tell them. You cheapen yourself, the inside of yourself, when you tell them.
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Greta Garbo
The meaning of life? Is feel! Increase that sound! Tickle someone! Enjoy the warmth of the sun! Go aimlessly for 30 minutes! Only register in the heart!
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Anonymous
When we open ourselves up to feeling, we can't only open ourselves up to feeling certain things. The same is true when we shut ourselves down. The walls that guard against sadness also guard against happiness.
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Scott Stabile
More Quotes By C.s. Lewis
To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything and your heart will be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact you must give it to no one, not even an animal. Wrap it carefully round with...
Love is not affectionate feeling, but a steady wish for the loved person's ultimate good as far as it can be obtained.
I'm on Aslan's side even if there isn't any Aslan to lead it. I'm going to live as like a Narnian as I can even if there isn't any Narnia.
The great thing to remember is that though our feelings come and go God's love for us does not.
If you love deeply, you're going to get hurt badly. But it's still worth it.
