"We can grieve over lost powers and memories, or rejoice over gained knowledge and maturity, according to taste."

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Source : Simon Blackburn (1999). “Think: A Compelling Introduction to Philosophy”, p.101, Oxford University Press

Simon Blackburn

#Memories Quotes #Grieving Quotes #Maturity Quotes

“You may take great comfort from the fact that suffering inwardly for the sake of truth proves abundantly that one loves it and marks one out as being of the elect.”
“I love my fans because they're smart, dude.”
“She never got a chance to fall out of love, to do it properly, slowly and thoroughly, and the result was he was like a phantom limb. Gone but still there. And like a true phantom limb, the preponderance of feelings associated with him were painful.”
“Education is aÂ Â task for both parents and state. The state, parents, and children all have interests that must be protected.”
“If Christians continue to rely on emotion and ignore evidence, they will continue to lose their children to secularism. As Ravi Zacharias points out, a tepid Christianity cannot withstand a rabid secularism. And make no mistake-secularism is rabid. The world isn't neutral out there. Today's culture is becoming increasingly anti-Christian.”
“All the gifts and talents we have are from God, but they are also for God...for His glory and for His pleasure. Don't waste them, make great use of them and make Him proud.”
“I can't give you the sunset, but I can give you the night.”
“You could push people away, past their limits, even accidentally, and then it was just too late to get them back”

Source : Laura Moriarty (2013). “The Rest of Her Life”, p.262, Penguin UK

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