"The most valuable thing the Psalms do for me is to express the same delight in God which made David dance."

“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

"‘We may think God wants actions of a certain kind, but God wants people of a certain sort.’"

"Of course, ceasing to be ‘in love’ need not mean ceasing to love."

"Nothing is yet in its true form."

"Don’t bother too much about your feelings. When they are humble, loving, brave, give thanks for them; when they are conceited, selfish, cowardly, ask to have them altered. In neither case are they you, but only a thing that happens to you. What matters is your intentions and your behaviour."

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"In your life, you meet people. Some you never think about again. Some, you wonder what happened to them. There are some that you wonder if they ever think about you. And then there are some you wish you never had to think about again. But you do."

"God’s love is not wearied by our sins and is relentless in its determination that we be cured at whatever cost to us or Him"

"I need Christ, not something that resembles Him"

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"God lends us a little of His reasoning powers and that is how we think: He puts a little of His love into us and that is how we love one another. When you teach a child writing, you hold its hand while it forms the letters: that is, it forms the letters because you are forming them. We love and reason because God loves and reasons and holds our hand while we do it."

"Atheists express their rage against God although in their view He does not exist."

"God lends us a little of His reasoning powers and that is how we think: He puts a little of His love into us and that is how we love one another. When you teach a child writing, you hold its hand while it forms the letters: that is, it forms the letters because you are forming them. We love and reason because God loves and reasons and holds our hand while we do it."

"How little people know who think that holiness is dull. When one meets the real thing, it is irresistible."

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