C. S. Lewis Quotes
Holy places are dark places. It is life and strength, not knowledge and words, that we get in them. Holy wisdom is not clear and thin like water, but thick and dark like blood.
Quotes to Explore
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Being in water makes me relax instantly.
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Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.
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Whatever happens in life is fine - just trust in that.
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You cannot blame the mismanagement of the economy or the fact that we have not invested adequately in education in order to give our people the knowledge, the skills and the technology that they need in order to be able to use the resources that Africa has to gain wealth.
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It's not complicated to embrace life. You just have to make the choice.
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As you begin to realize that every different type of music, everybody's individual music, has its own rhythm, life, language and heritage, you realize how life changes, and you learn how to be more open and adaptive to what is around us.
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I want to love life.
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Much of the conventional wisdom associated with Vietnam was highly inaccurate. Far from an inevitable result of the imperative to contain communism, the war was only made possible through lies and deceptions aimed at the American public, Congress, and members of Lyndon Johnson's own administration.
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I'm interested in stories and the dark side of peoples' minds.
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Realize that the game of life is the game of, to some extent, being taken advantage of by people who make a science of it. Whether they are in government or personal life or in business, they're everywhere.
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I'm half living my life between reality and fantasy at all times. It's best not to ask questions and just enjoy.
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I spent the first five years of my life in Punjab, India, and then moved to New York.
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There's more to life than cheek bones.
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Having this interest here in the Redskins is the chief hobby of my life.
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My great religion is a belief in the blood, the flesh, as being wiser than the intellect. We can go wrong in our minds. But what our blood feels and believes and says, is always true. The intellect is only a bit and a bridle.
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Yes, I believe the will is very important. It's how I have succeeded in life.
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No man has a right to expect to succeed in life unless he understands his business, and nobody can understand his business thoroughly unless he learns it by personal application and experience.
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My wife and I are very blessed. I am very grateful for the life that we lead.
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Focus on the roses: 'A person who gathers honey will not escape being stung by bees. A person who gathers roses will not escape being scratched by thorns.' The positive things in life also have negative aspects. Keep your focus on the beautiful roses of the world, and the thorns will seem trivial and inconsequential.
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I love the romance of 'let's get married,' but then, when you have it so perfect... I mean, I'm more married than anybody can be - we have two kids. Maybe one day, but it's something I can really do without.
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I don't really know how to act that much. I'm quite good at comedy, but it's mostly acting naturally.
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Under no circumstances trust a lean cook.
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Holy places are dark places. It is life and strength, not knowledge and words, that we get in them. Holy wisdom is not clear and thin like water, but thick and dark like blood.
