A silly idea is current that good people do not know what temptation means. This is an obvious lie. Only those who try to resist temptation know how strong it is.... A man who gives in to temptation after five…

Quote by CS Lewis

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Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art, like the universe itself (for God did not...

Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art, like the universe itself (for God did not...

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...

Christianity is a world that is a great sculptor's shop. We are the statues and...

Christianity is a world that is a great sculptor's shop. We are the statues and...

For the past twenty years you and I have been fed all day long on...

For the past twenty years you and I have been fed all day long on...

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

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

The next best thing to being wise oneself is to live in a circle of...

The next best thing to being wise oneself is to live in a circle of...

We read to know we are not alone.

We read to know we are not alone.

I could well believe that it is God's intention, since we have refused milder remedies,...

I could well believe that it is God's intention, since we have refused milder remedies,...

There, right in the midst of our lives, is that which satisfies the craving for...

There, right in the midst of our lives, is that which satisfies the craving for...

The hard sayings of our Lord are wholesome to those only who find them hard.

The hard sayings of our Lord are wholesome to those only who find them hard.

We ought to give thanks for all fortune: it is is good, because it is...

We ought to give thanks for all fortune: it is is good, because it is...

I have learned now that while those who speak about ones miseries usually hurt, those...

I have learned now that while those who speak about ones miseries usually hurt, those...

God, who foresaw your tribulation, has specially armed you to go through it, not without...

God, who foresaw your tribulation, has specially armed you to go through it, not without...

You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream

You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream

Joy is never in our power and pleasure often is

Joy is never in our power and pleasure often is

Many things--such as loving, going to sleep, or behaving unaffectedly--are done worst when we try...

Many things--such as loving, going to sleep, or behaving unaffectedly--are done worst when we try...

Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at...

Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at...

It is courage, courage, courage, that raises the blood of life to crimson splendor. Live...

It is courage, courage, courage, that raises the blood of life to crimson splendor. Live...

A pound of pluck is worth a ton of luck.

A pound of pluck is worth a ton of luck.

God places the heaviest burden on those who can carry its weight.

God places the heaviest burden on those who can carry its weight.