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Affection is responsible for nine-tenths of whatever solid and durable happiness there is in our lives.

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There is a kind of happiness and wonder that makes you serious. It is too good to waste on jokes.

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He's not safe, but he's good (referring to Aslan, the Lion, in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe)

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The pain I feel now is the happiness I had before. That's the deal.

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Badness is only spoiled goodness.

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When a man is getting better he understands more and more clearly the evil that is still left in him. When a man is getting worse, he understands his ...more

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We were made for God. Only by being in some respect like Him, only by being a manifestation of His beauty, lovingkindness, wisdom or goodness, has any...more

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As Venus within Eros does not really aim at pleasure, so Eros does not aim at happiness. We may think he does, but when he is brought to the test it p...more

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Even if the two lovers are mature and experienced people who know that broken hearts heal in the end and can clearly foresee that, if they once steele...more

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I wish I had never been born," she said. "What are we born for?" "For infinite happiness," said the Spirit. "You can step out into it at any moment...

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There is no excess of goodness. You cannot go too far in the right direction.

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Even if there were pains in Heaven, all who understand would desire them.

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Let me implore the reader to try to believe, if only for a moment, that God, who made these deserving people, may really be right when He thinks that ...more

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Never, in peace or war, commit your virtue or your happiness to the future.