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

Quote by C S Lewis

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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...

If the whole universe has no meaning, we should never have found out that it...

If the whole universe has no meaning, we should never have found out that it...

Eros will have naked bodies; Friendship naked personalities.

Eros will have naked bodies; Friendship naked personalities.

What we call Mans power over Nature turns out to be a power exercised by...

What we call Mans power over Nature turns out to be a power exercised by...

Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art... It has no survival value; rather it is...

Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art... It has no survival value; rather it is...

If you read history you will find that the Christians who did most for the...

If you read history you will find that the Christians who did most for the...

God cannot give us a happiness and peace apart from Himself, because it is not...

God cannot give us a happiness and peace apart from Himself, because it is not...

What we call Man's power over Nature turns out to be a power exercised by...

What we call Man's power over Nature turns out to be a power exercised by...

Literature adds to reality, it does not simply describe it. It enriches the necessary competencies...

Literature adds to reality, it does not simply describe it. It enriches the necessary competencies...

Nothing that you have not given away will ever be really yours.

Nothing that you have not given away will ever be really yours.

We are what we believe we are.

We are what we believe we are.

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

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

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...

Miracles are a retelling in small letters of the very same story which is written...

Miracles are a retelling in small letters of the very same story which is written...

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.

Can a mortal ask questions which God finds unanswerable? Quite easily, I should think. All...

Can a mortal ask questions which God finds unanswerable? Quite easily, I should think. All...

Lets pray that the human race never escapes from Earth to spread its iniquity elsewhere.

Lets pray that the human race never escapes from Earth to spread its iniquity elsewhere.

You dont have a soul. You are a Soul. You have a body.

You dont have a soul. You are a Soul. You have a body.

There is, hidden or flaunted, a sword between the sexes till an entire marriage reconciles...

There is, hidden or flaunted, a sword between the sexes till an entire marriage reconciles...

With the possible exception of the equator, everything begins somewhere.

With the possible exception of the equator, everything begins somewhere.