#ai

Some people feel guilty about their anxieties and regard them as a defect of faith but they are afflictions, not sins. Like all afflictions, they are, if we can so take them, our share in the passion of Christ. ↗

— C. S. Lewis

#afflictions #anxieties #christ #defect #faith

A young man who wishes to remain a sound atheist cannot be too careful of his reading. ↗

— C. S. Lewis

#cannot #careful #his #man #reading

The long, dull, monotonous years of middle-aged prosperity or middle-aged adversity are excellent campaigning weather for the devil. ↗

— C. S. Lewis

#campaigning #devil #dull #excellent #long

Telling us to obey instinct is like telling us to obey 'people.' People say different things: so do instincts. Our instincts are at war... Each instinct, if you listen to it, will claim to be gratified at the expense of the rest. ↗

— C. S. Lewis

#different #different things #each #expense #gratified

Amateurism is the strongest form of discrimination in sports. Because it discriminates against the underprivileged, it discriminates against the poor. If we want sports to go back to the wealthy, let's make it amateur again. ↗

— Carl Lewis

#against #amateur #back #because #discrimination

I've always known that sporting people frequently suffer from joint problems because of the repeated strain they put on their bodies to get to the top. But somehow I never thought it would happen to me. ↗

— Carl Lewis

#because #bodies #frequently #get #happen

We cannot rest until we make sure that our families can afford to live and raise their kids here, that our seniors can remain in their homes and afford their health and pharmaceutical costs. ↗

— Carl Lewis

#cannot #costs #families #health #here

In England we burnt redheads at the stake, because we thought they were witches. There are still young redheads in Britain getting ripped for having red hair. 'Oy, Ginger!' ↗

— Damian Lewis

#britain #burnt #england #getting #ginger

You know, this idea of going around the world imposing democracy by growing a middle-class, a trading merchant class that is independent of your faith, is a good notion, but we're all partially different - it's no good imposing systems on people that it doesn't suit. ↗

— Damian Lewis

#class #democracy #different #faith #going

I only get unusual ailments. ↗

— Jimmy Kimmel

#get #i #only #unusual