Some people feel guilty about their anxieties and regard them as a defect of faith but they are afflictions, not sins. Like all afflictions, they are, if we can so take them, our share in the passion of Christ.

Quote by C S Lewis

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We all want progress, but if you're on the wrong road, progress means doing an...

We all want progress, but if you're on the wrong road, progress means doing an...

A man who is eating or lying with his wife or preparing to go to...

A man who is eating or lying with his wife or preparing to go to...

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...

It may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird: it would be...

It may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird: it would be...

What saves a man is to take a step. Then another step.

What saves a man is to take a step. Then another step.

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

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

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

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

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...

It may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird: it would be...

It may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird: it would be...

Aim at heaven and you will get earth thrown in. Aim at earth and you...

Aim at heaven and you will get earth thrown in. Aim at earth and you...

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;...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

The task of the modern educator is not to cut down jungles, but to irrigate...

The task of the modern educator is not to cut down jungles, but to irrigate...

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...

A young man who wishes to remain a sound atheist cannot be too careful of...

A young man who wishes to remain a sound atheist cannot be too careful of...