Love is not affectionate feeling, but a steady wish for the loved person's ultimate good as far as it can be obtained

Quote by CS Lewis

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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.

There must be several young women who would render the Christian life intensely difficult to...

There must be several young women who would render the Christian life intensely difficult to...

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...

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,...

True friends... face in the same direction, toward common projects, interests, goals.

True friends... face in the same direction, toward common projects, interests, goals.

'You come of the Lord Adam and the Lady Eve,' said Aslan. 'And that is...

'You come of the Lord Adam and the Lady Eve,' said Aslan. 'And that is...

When once a man is launched on such an adventure as this, he must bid...

When once a man is launched on such an adventure as this, he must bid...

This is one of the miracles of love: It gives a power of seeing through...

This is one of the miracles of love: It gives a power of seeing through...

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...

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

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

Love is not affectionate feeling, but a steady wish for the loved person's ultimate good...

Love is not affectionate feeling, but a steady wish for the loved person's ultimate good...

Love may forgive all infirmities and love still in spite of them: but Love cannot...

Love may forgive all infirmities and love still in spite of them: but Love cannot...

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...

When once a man is launched on such an adventure as this, he must bid...

When once a man is launched on such an adventure as this, he must bid...

Failures are finger posts on the road to achievement.

Failures are finger posts on the road to achievement.

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?...

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.

The whole world is a dream, and death the interpreter.

The whole world is a dream, and death the interpreter.

The worst is death, and death will have his day.

The worst is death, and death will have his day.

Life, death and rebirth are inevitable.

Life, death and rebirth are inevitable.

There is no beauty in sadness. No honor in suffering. No growth in fear. No...

There is no beauty in sadness. No honor in suffering. No growth in fear. No...

Reason is the historian, but passions are the actors.

Reason is the historian, but passions are the actors.