"A man who has lived in many..." - Quote by C S Lewis
A man who has lived in many places is not likely to be deceived by the local errors of his native village; the scholar has lived in many times and is therefore in some degree immune from the great cataract of nonsense that pours from the press and the microphone of his own age.
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“The Future is, of all things, the thing least like eternity. It is the most temporal part of time--for the Past is frozen and no longer flows, and the Present is all lit up with eternal rays.”
“Don't worry. If you really want to, you will Whether you'll like it when you do is another question.”
“Don't let your happiness depend on something you may lose.”
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“The face of the water, in time, became a wonderful book- a book that was a dead language to the uneducated passenger, but which told its mind to me without reserve, delivering its most cherished secrets as clearly as if it uttered them with a voice. And it was not a book to be read once and thrown aside, for it had a new story to tell every day.”
“Experience is what enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again.”
“Tears have cleansed my eyes, and errors have taught me the language of the hearts.”
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“He who knows how to be aggressive, and yet remains patient, becomes a receptacle for all of Nature's lessons.”
“There was an old, crazy dude who used to live a long time ago. His name was Lord Buckley. And he said, a long time ago, he said, 'People--they'r e kinda like flowers, and it's been a privilege walking in your garden.' My love goes with you.”
“On the heights it is warmer than people in the valley suppose, especially in winter. The thinker recognizes the full import of this simile.”