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    C.S. Lewis
    “A proud man is always looking down on things and people; and, of course, as long as you are looking down, you cannot see something that is above you.”
    ― C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity
    tags: aspiration, pride, self-improvement
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    C.S. Lewis
    “As long as you are proud you cannot know God. A proud man is always looking down on thing and people: and, of course, as long as you are looking down you cannot see something that is above you.”
    ― C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity
    tags: christian-values, humility, pride
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    Garrison Keillor
    “Anyone who thinks sitting in church can make you a Christian must also think that sitting in a garage can make you a car.”
    ― Garrison Keillor
    tags: humor, religion
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    C.S. Lewis
    “The Christian does not think God will love us because we are good, but that God will make us good because He loves us.”
    ― C.S. Lewis
    tags: christianity, god, religion
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    C.S. Lewis
    “If we find ourselves with a desire that nothing in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that we were made for another world.”
    ― C.S. Lewis
    tags: god, world
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    C.S. Lewis
    “To be a Christian means to forgive the inexcusable because God has forgiven the inexcusable in you.”
    ― C.S. Lewis
    tags: christianity, forgiveness, god
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    C.S. Lewis
    “We are not necessarily doubting that God will do the best for us; we are wondering how painful the best will turn out to be.”
    ― C.S. Lewis
    tags: god
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    Søren Kierkegaard
    “The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays.”
    ― Soren Kierkegaard
    tags: faith, god, prayer
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    C.S. Lewis
    “A man can no more diminish God's glory by refusing to worship Him than a lunatic can put out the sun by scribbling the word 'darkness' on the walls of his cell.”
    ― C.S. Lewis, The Problem of Pain
    tags: god, religion
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    Dorothy L. Sayers
    “Wherever you find a great man, you will find a great mother or a great wife standing behind him -- or so they used to say. It would be interesting to know how many great women have had great fathers and husbands behind them.”
    ― Dorothy L. Sayers, Gaudy Night
    tags: abilities, clichés, double-standards, empowerment, equality, feminism, feminist, gender, greatness, human-nature, husbands, hypocrisy, integrity, men, men-and-women, misogyny, penina-mezei, skills, stereotypes, strong, wives, women
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    Shannon L. Alder
    “Hide yourself in God, so when a man wants to find you he will have to go there first.”
    ― Shannon L. Alder
    tags: activism, activist, administering, animal-rights, blessed, brand, bright-light, chasity, choices, christian-missions, church, communicator, compassionate, concern-for-others, confident, daughter-of-god, daughters, defending-oceans, devotion, dignity, empowering-women, example, fearless, forest, freedom, god-s-plan, god-s-protection, god-s-warrior, good-heart, good-hearted, good-hearts, goodness, guidance, happiness, helping-patients, helping-the-poor, homeless, honest, inner-beauty, inspire, inspire-others, inspiring-youth, integrity, intelligence, letting-go, love, loves-children, loving, mates, medical-missions, medical-needs, merciful, mexico, motto, moving-on, nicaragua, not-hackers, not-illegal, oceans, partners, peaceful-warriors, protected, protecting-animals, protects-children, pure, quality, relationships, rescuers, rescuing-others, respect, rise-higher, rising-higher, ruth, sar, saving-lives, selective, self-respect, service, serving-homeless, shelters, shine, shine-your-light, soulmates, spouses, staying-positive, stayingpositiveuniversity-com, the-light-to-others, the-one, the-queen, the-sun, to-be-respeted, true-beauty, value, values, vocal, warrior, warrior-women, wisdom, words-to-live-by, worth, worth-the-fight
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