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wisdom art teach
Art can teach without at all ceasing to be art. C. S. Lewis
wisdom hands firsts
If one is only to talk from first-hand experience, conversation would be a very poor business. C. S. Lewis
wisdom holy-places burning
If these holy places, things, and days cease to remind us, if they obliterate our awareness that all ground is holy and every bush (could we but perceive it) a Burning Bush, then the hallows begin to do harm. Hence both the necessity, and the perennial danger, of 'religion.' C. S. Lewis
wisdom thinking differences
In any fairly large and talkative community such as a university there is always the danger that those who think alike should gravitate together where they will henceforth encounter opposition only in the emasculated form of rumour that the outsiders say thus and thus. The absent are easily refuted, complacent dogmatism thrives, and differences of opinion are embittered by the group hostility. Each group hears not the best, but the worst, that the other group can say. C. S. Lewis
wisdom mistake imperfection
Love, while always forgiving of imperfections and mistakes, can never cease to will their removal. C. S. Lewis
wisdom heart love-is
Other than heaven, the only place where one's heart is completely safe from the dangers of love is hell. C. S. Lewis
wisdom absent
The absent are easily refuted. C. S. Lewis
wisdom gaps different
The gap between those who worship different gods is not so wide as the gap between those who worship and those who don't. C. S. Lewis
wisdom medicine disease
Who will take medicine unless he knows he is in the grip of disease? C. S. Lewis
sorry fall eye
Her eyes, mostly cast downward, occasionally flicker upwards to meet his before falling again. She is apologetic for everything, as always, constantly saying sorry to the world, as though as her very presence offends. Cecelia Ahern
sorry frustration hands
Then I realised that I was the god on this occasion. I had tried to help the bluebottle, but it wouldn't let me. And then I felt sorry for God because I understood his frustration. Sometimes when people offer a helping hand, it gets pushed away. People always want to help themselves first. Cecelia Ahern
sorry mean shopping
And before long there will be no more milk in bottles delivered to the doorstep or sleepy rural pubs, and the countryside will be mostly shopping centers and theme parks. Forgive me. I don't mean to get upset. But you are taking my world away from me, piece by little piece, and sometimes it just pisses me off. Sorry. Bill Bryson
sorry winning player
As a non-Arsenal player I would say Ryan Giggs is my Premier League player of the decade because he has combined style with winning. Also I feel sorry he could never attend the World Cup, somewhere where people get a lot of compliments when they do well. Arsene Wenger
sorry drinking may
Why are you drinking? demanded the little prince. "So that I may forget," replied the tippler. "Forget what?" inquired the little prince, who was already sorry for him. "Forget that I am ashamed," the tippler confessed, hanging his head. "Ashamed of what?" insisted the little prince, who wanted to help him. "Ashamed of drinking! Antoine de Saint-Exupery
sorry
I don't feel sorry for them at all. Al Horford
sorry
I did what I did and I'm sorry for that. But there's nothing I can do to take it back. Bruce Bowen
sorry
I am embarrassed about it. I am very sorry about it, all right? Jack Straw
sorry
He just said this was unfortunate and I'm sorry it happened. Dennis Wilder
often-is joy pleasure
Joy is never in our power and pleasure often is C. S. Lewis
often-is feelings friendly
When you are not feeling particularly friendly but know you ought to be, the best thing you can do, very often, is to put on a friendly manner and behave as if you were a nicer person than you actually are. And in a few minutes, as we have all noticed, you will be really feeling friendlier than you were. C. S. Lewis
often-is ideas scientist
Although scientists can often be as resistant to new ideas as anyone, the process of science ensures that, over time, good ideas and theories prevail. Dean Ornish
often-is rights important
Love can often be misguided and do as much harm as good, but respect can do only good. It assumes that the other person's stature is as large as one's own, his rights as reasonable, his needs as important. Eleanor Roosevelt
often-is president might
But might not his [the president's] nomination be overruled? I grant it might, yet this could only be to make place for another nomination by himself. The person ultimately appointed must be object of his preference, though perhaps not in the first degree. It is also not very probable that his nomination would often be overruled. Alexander Hamilton
often-is humanity fundamentals
We are dealing with a fundamental characteristic, inherent in human nature, a potentiality given to all or most human beings at birth, which most often is lost or buried or inhibited as the person gets enculturated. Abraham Maslow
often-is oratory delight
Who does not delight in oratory? How we gather to hear even an ordinary speaker! How often is a jury swayed and controlled by the appeals of counsel! David Josiah Brewer
often-is weight may
The weight of an argument may often be multiplied by making it specific Claude C. Hopkins
often-is literature innocence
Innocence most often is a good fortune and not a virtue. Anatole France