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

Quote by C S Lewis

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Thirty was so strange for me. I've really had to come to terms with the...

Thirty was so strange for me. I've really had to come to terms with the...

Long before history began we men have got together apart from the women and done...

Long before history began we men have got together apart from the women and done...

Has this world been so kind to you that you should leave with regret? There...

Has this world been so kind to you that you should leave with regret? There...

Telling us to obey instinct is like telling us to obey 'people.' People say different...

Telling us to obey instinct is like telling us to obey 'people.' People say different...

If we cut up beasts simply because they cannot prevent us and because we are...

If we cut up beasts simply because they cannot prevent us and because we are...

Don't use words too big for the subject. Don't say infinitely when you mean very;...

Don't use words too big for the subject. Don't say infinitely when you mean very;...

We are what we believe we are.

We are what we believe we are.

Education without values, as useful as it is, seems rather to make man a more...

Education without values, as useful as it is, seems rather to make man a more...

Miracles do not, in fact, break the laws of nature.

Miracles do not, in fact, break the laws of nature.

Thirty was so strange for me. Ive really had to come to terms with the...

Thirty was so strange for me. Ive really had to come to terms with the...

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

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

The long, dull, monotonous years of middle-aged prosperity or middle-aged adversity are excellent campaigning weather...

The long, dull, monotonous years of middle-aged prosperity or middle-aged adversity are excellent campaigning weather...

Eros will have naked bodies; Friendship naked personalities.

Eros will have naked bodies; Friendship naked personalities.

You don't have a soul. You are a Soul. You have a body.

You don't have a soul. You are a Soul. You have a body.

Of all tyrannies a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be...

Of all tyrannies a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be...

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

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

We all want progress, but if youre on the wrong road, progress means doing an...

We all want progress, but if youre on the wrong road, progress means doing an...

Humans are amphibians - half spirit and half animal. As spirits they belong to the...

Humans are amphibians - half spirit and half animal. As spirits they belong to the...

You cant get a cup of tea big enough or a book long enough to...

You cant get a cup of tea big enough or a book long enough to...

I sometimes wander whether all pleasures are not substitutes for joy.

I sometimes wander whether all pleasures are not substitutes for joy.