"The only things we can keep are the……" — C.S. Lewis
"The only things we can keep are the things we freely give to God. What we try to keep for ourselves is just what we are sure to lose."
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1,827 Quotes by C.S. Lewis
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Total war is the most humane in the long run.
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Unless thought is valid we have no reason to believe in the real universe.
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The custom of speaking to God Almighty as freely as with a slave - caring nothing whether the words are…
— Teresa of Avila
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Freedom, morality, and the human dignity of the individual consists precisely in this; that he does good not because he…
— Mikhail Bakunin
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I look at myself, and I see a Spanish person who's trying to be understood by an English-speaking audience and…
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Suppose we were able to share meanings freely without a compulsive urge to impose our view or conform to those…
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To the extent I am known, I think I am known as a person who expresses his opinion freely about…
— Anthony Bourdain
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We cling nervously to the melody, but we don't handle it freely, we don't really make anything new out of…
— Johannes Brahms
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We believe that visa quotas should be lifted and people should visit anywhere they wish freely.
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Fundamentally, I do agree, certainly, people must be allowed to express their own opinions freely. Freedom is part of the…
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Men freely believe that which they desire.
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I will begin with this confession: whatever I have done in the course of my life, whether it be good…
— Giacomo Casanova
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The only security of all is in a free press. The force of public opinion cannot be resisted when permitted…
— Thomas Jefferson
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Even if we were not sinful by nature, the sin of having private property would suffice to condemn us before…
— Huldrych Zwingli
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