“Half of what I say is meaningless, but I say it so that the other half may reach you.”
Quotes for When You Need Peace · Page 23
Serene words to slow down your world and bring you back to stillness.
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“My loneliness was born when men praised my talkative faults and blamed my silent virtues.”
“Strange that creatures without backbones have the hardest shells.”
“Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity.”
“There must be something strangely sacred about salt. It is in our tears and in the sea.”
“In truth we gaze but do not see, and hearken but do not hear; we eat and drink but do not taste.”
“Many indeed are the owls who know no song unlike their own hooting.”
“Who would sorrow for a sea that is unveiling its face, or for a mountain that laughs in the sun?”
“Everyone feels benevolent if nothing happens to be annoying him at the moment.”
“All mortals tend to turn into the thing they are pretending to be.”
“God can make good use of all that happens, but the loss is real.”
“Knowledge can last, principles can last, habits can last; but feelings come and go.”
“Aim at Heaven and you will get earth "thrown in": aim at earth and you will get neither.”
“When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness.”
“Though the Witch knew the Deep Magic, there is a magic deeper still which she did not know.”
“There was a boy called Eustace Clarence Scrubb, and he almost deserved it.”