John

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John’s Quotes

“Pain insists upon being attended to. God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our consciences, but shouts in our pains. It is his megaphone to rouse a deaf world.”
― C.S. Lewis

tags: god, pain

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“Everything must be made as simple as possible. But not simpler.”
― Albert Einstein

tags: einstein, paraphrased, science, systems

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“Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.”
― Albert Einstein

tags: greatness, opposition, spirit

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“I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else.”
― C.S. Lewis

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“Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.”
― Albert Einstein

tags: reality

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