As his (C. S. Lewis's) good friend Owen Barfield once remarked, Lewis radiated a sense that the spiritual world is home, that we are always coming back to a place we have never yet reached.

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SOURCE UNKNOWN The world is run by C students.
ANON. It's possible that the C fragment may still come back again.
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RODNEY DANGERFIELD C is for cookie, it's good enough for me; oh cookie cookie cookie starts with C.
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JAY You spell Bob Hope C-L-A-S-S.
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AL MCGUIRE I think the world is run by 'C' students.
AL MCGUIRE The chakras in your body are as to galaxies on the body of God.
L.J. VANIER In this life we are all here to learn something,we are here to learn about the A,B,C Of life.
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C. JOYBELL C. I really feel sorry for the many men who are surrounded by people who flatter them all the time. In ...
C. JOYBELL C. At the end of the day, there are very few people around you who truly want to see you peaceful, happ...
C. JOYBELL C. No, this is not the beginning of a new chapter in my life; this is the beginning of a new book! That...
C. JOYBELL C. You can be the most beautiful person in the world and everybody sees light and rainbows when they lo...
C. JOYBELL C. I believe in women uplifting other women. The only thing that makes our gender weaker, is the fact t...
C. JOYBELL C. I find it odd- the greed of mankind. People only like you for as long as they perceive they can get ...
C. JOYBELL C. My spirit is healthy, yes. But I tell you, my flesh is healthy too. I am enlightened and free, but I...
C. JOYBELL C. Life is not compassionate towards victims. The trick is not to see yourself as one. It's never too l...
C. JOYBELL C. ‎"You shouldn't feel so bad about being afraid of so many things." "Why not?" "Because if you were...
C. JOYBELL C. I don't know why people are afraid of lust. Then I can imagine that they are very afraid of me, for ...
C. JOYBELL C. God is colourblind. But we are not God. God does not need to see colour and difference. God is far b...
C. JOYBELL C. It is only when you accept how different you all are, that you will be able to see how much the same...
C. JOYBELL C. It is when we think we can act like God, that all respect is lost, and I think this is the downfall ...
C. JOYBELL C. I think the reason why I don't read so much, is because as I have observed, whole books all boil dow...
C. JOYBELL C. Living is about capturing the essence of things. I go through my life every day with a vial, a vial ...
C. JOYBELL C. A lot of pieces I have written have to do with courage. As a result, people think that I am naturall...
C. JOYBELL C. I think that if you have a horse, pegasus, qilin, or unicorn, you should sit on it! You should strok...
C. JOYBELL C. The sun shall always rise upon a new day and there shall always be a rose garden within me. Yes, the...
C. JOYBELL C. Inside every woman, is a crazy girl. And we all know what I'm talking about. That part of you that i...
C. JOYBELL C. Destiny is real. And she's not mild-mannered. She will come around and hit you in the face and knock...
C. JOYBELL C. Silk is a fine, delicate, soft, illuminating, beautiful substance. But you can never rip it! If a ma...
C. JOYBELL C. University can teach you skill and give you opportunity, but it can't teach you sense, nor give you ...
C. JOYBELL C. The dance between darkness and light will always remain— the stars and the moon will always need t...
C. JOYBELL C. Men have two greatest fears: the first fear is the fear of being needed, and the second fear is the ...
C. JOYBELL C. Anything that you learn becomes your wealth, a wealth that cannot be taken away from you; whether yo...
C. JOYBELL C. If you walk on sunlight, bathe in moonlight, breathe in a golden air and exhale a Midas' touch; mark...
C. JOYBELL C. If you swim effortlessly in the deep oceans, ride the waves to and from the shore, if you can breath...
C. JOYBELL C. There is a magnificent, beautiful, wonderful painting in front of you! It is intricate, detailed, a ...
C. JOYBELL C. Ends are not bad things, they just mean that something else is about to begin. And there are many th...
C. JOYBELL C. The strength of a woman is not measured by the impact that all her hardships in life have had on her...
C. JOYBELL C. To know a species, look at its fears. To know yourself, look at your fears. Fear in itself is not im...
C. JOYBELL C. It's definitely difficult being a woman and growing up a girl. When you're graceful, people say you ...
C. JOYBELL C. There are two things we should always be 1. raw and 2. ready. When you are raw, you are always ready...
C. JOYBELL C. Life is a bowl of cherries. Some cherries are rotten while others are good; its your job to throw ou...
C. JOYBELL C. Choose your battles wisely. After all, life isn't measured by how many times you stood up to fight. ...
C. JOYBELL C. I'm not in search of sanctity, sacredness, purity; these things are found after this life, not in th...
C. JOYBELL C. There are powers far beyond us, plans far beyond what we could have ever thought of, visions far mor...
C. JOYBELL C. I believe in going with the flow. I don't believe in fighting against the flow. You ride on your riv...
C. JOYBELL C. It is beautiful to discover our wings and learn how to fly; flight is a beautiful process. But then ...
C. JOYBELL C. Grace is what picks me up and lifts my wings high above and I fly! Grace always conquers! Be gracefu...
C. JOYBELL C. The problem when you are a strong, capable, self-confident person, is that more often than not, peop...
C. JOYBELL C. Today, I saw an owl with broken eyes. A blind owl with eyes that look like a dark night filled with ...
C. JOYBELL C. It is very interesting how humanity has linked love to the lack of freedom. I think that when you fi...
C. JOYBELL C. Life is so short, and love is so big. Too big for life! That's why, when you love someone, they'd be...
C. JOYBELL C.

As his (C. S. Lewis's) good friend Owen Barfield once remarked, Lewis radiated a sense that the spiritual world is home, that we are always coming back to a place we have never yet reached.

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As his (C. S. Lewis's) good friend Owen Barfield once remarked, Lewis radiated a sense that the spiritual world is home, that we are always coming back to a place we have never yet reached.

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