Aim at heaven and you get earth thrown in aim at earth and you get neither.

C. S. Lewis
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  2. Chaos is more freedom; in fact, total freedom. But no meaning. I want to be free to act, and I also want my actions to mean something. - Audrey Niffenegger

  3. Accepting oneself does not preclude an attempt to become better. - Flannery OConnor

  4. Know what you want, work to get it, then value it once you have it. - Nora Roberts

  5. What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail? - Robert H. Schuller

More Quotes By C. S. Lewis
  1. There are two kinds of people: those who say to God "Thy will be done " and those to whom God says "All right then have it your way."

  2. Christianity if false is not important. If Christianity is true however it is of infinite importance. What it cannot be is moderately important.

  3. I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen. Not only because I see it but because I see everything by it.

  4. Not simply one of the virtues but the form of every virtue at the testing point which means at the point of highest reality.

  5. Courage is not simply one of the virtues but the form of every virtue at the testing point.

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