Literature adds to reality, it does not simply describe it. It enriches the necessary competencies that daily life requires and provides; and in this respect, it irrigates the deserts that our lives have already become.

Quote by CS Lewis

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Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another, 'What! You too?...

Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another, 'What! You too?...

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,...

When Catholicism goes bad it becomes the religion of amulets and holy places and priestcraft:...

When Catholicism goes bad it becomes the religion of amulets and holy places and priestcraft:...

Reason is the natural order of truth; but imagination is the organ of meaning.

Reason is the natural order of truth; but imagination is the organ of meaning.

If you look for truth, you may find comfort in the end; if you look...

If you look for truth, you may find comfort in the end; if you look...

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.

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...

You have not chosen one another, but I have chosen you for one another.

You have not chosen one another, but I have chosen you for one another.

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...

But probably every age gets, within certain limits, the science it deserves.

But probably every age gets, within certain limits, the science it deserves.

If we consider the unblushing promises of reward and the staggering nature of the rewards...

If we consider the unblushing promises of reward and the staggering nature of the rewards...

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.

The longer we remain the way we are, the longer things remain the way they...

The longer we remain the way we are, the longer things remain the way they...

What does not satisfy when we find it, was not the thing we were desiring.

What does not satisfy when we find it, was not the thing we were desiring.

I am suffering incessant temptations to uncharitable thoughts at present; one of those black moods...

I am suffering incessant temptations to uncharitable thoughts at present; one of those black moods...

What can you ever really know of other people's souls - of their temptations, their...

What can you ever really know of other people's souls - of their temptations, their...

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.

I do not agree with a word that you say, but I will defend to...

I do not agree with a word that you say, but I will defend to...

Life, like a child, laughs, shaking its rattle of death as it runs.

Life, like a child, laughs, shaking its rattle of death as it runs.

There is a remedy for everything; it is called death.

There is a remedy for everything; it is called death.

The post of honour is a private station.

The post of honour is a private station.

When we love there is no reason why.

When we love there is no reason why.