“We need not despair even in our worst, for our failures are forgiven. The only fatal thing is to sit down content with anything less than perfection.”
― Mere Christianity
― Mere Christianity
“It may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird: it would be a jolly sight harder for a bird to learn to fly while remaining an egg. We are like eggs at present. And you cannot go on indefinitely being just an ordinary, decent egg. We must be hatched or go bad.”
― Mere Christianity
― Mere Christianity
“When you are behaving as if you loved someone, you will presently come to love him. If you injure someone you dislike, you will find yourself disliking him more. If you do him a good turn, you will find yourself disliking him less.”
― Mere Christianity
― Mere Christianity
“No man knows how bad he is till he has tried very hard to be good.”
― Mere Christianity
― Mere Christianity
“Even in social life, you will never make a good impression on other people until you stop thinking about what sort of impression you're making.”
― Mere Christianity
― Mere Christianity
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