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“I am so far from being a pessimist...on the contrary, in spite of my scars, I am tickled to death at life.”
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“I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.”
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“It would seem that Our Lord finds our desires not too strong, but too weak. We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he cannot imagine what is meant by the offer of a holiday at the sea. We are far too easily pleased.”
― The Weight of Glory, and Other Addresses
― The Weight of Glory, and Other Addresses
“Folks are usually about as happy as they make their minds up to be.”
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“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.”
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