"If I find in myself a desire which no experience in this 

world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that 

I was made for another world." 

-C.S. Lewis

Invictus - By William Ernest Henley

Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the Pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.

In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.

Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the Horror of the shade
And yet the menace of the years
Finds, and shall find, me unafraid.

It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll.
I am the master of my fate:
I am the captain of my soul.

"We live in a world starved for solitude silence & private, & therefore starved for meditation & true friendship."

-C.S.Lewis

"I expect to pass through life but once.  If therefore, there be any kindness I can show, or any good thing I can do to any fellow being, let me do it now, and not defer or neglect it, as I shall not pass this way again." 

-William Penn

"I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. This is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant."

"We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love. There is some good in the worst of us and some evil in the best of us. When we discover this, we are less prone to hate our enemies."

-Martin Luther King, Jr.

"All that is not eternal is eternally out of date." -C.S. Lewis

"Relying on God has to begin all over again every day as if nothing had yet been done" -C.S. Lewis

"No one can settle how much we ought to give. I'm afraid the only safe rule is to give more than we can spare." -C.S.Lewis

"It is a serious thing to live in a society of possible gods and goddesses, to remember that the dullest and most uninteresting person you talk to may one day be a creature which, if you saw it now, you would be strongly tempted to worship.

"All day long we are, in some degree, helping each other to one or other of these destinations. It is in the light of these overwhelming possibilities, it is with the awe and the circumspection proper to them, that we should conduct all our dealings with one another, all friendships, all loves, all play, all politics. There are no "ordinary" people. You have never talked to a mere mortal."

-C.S. Lewis

This is one of my favorite quotes. Although I don't want to comment on posts often because I hope that the readers (though few :P) of this blog and the quotes I share will find their own meaning and personal application of the messages conveyed. This time, however, I wanted to write a little something about this quote.

I think one of the many reasons why this is a favorite of mine is the perspective it gives me. How awesome is it to think that we are not ordinary people, or mere mortals? How inspiring is the fact that we may one day become gods and goddesses? To me, that makes everything seem worthwhile and gives me a greater, more eternal perspective of all the craziness of my life.

Also, I like how C.S. Lewis points out the importance of not judging others because they, too, have the same potential that you do. He says that the "dullest and most uninteresting person" you meet may be a person you would want to worship if you could only see whom they will become. They have that divine nature, that eternal potential even if they choose not to reach for it.

I suppose that the ultimate reason that I love this quote is because at times, like most of us, I struggle with feelings of self-doubt and discouragement. This shows me that I really am a daughter of God of infinite worth and infinite potential. And it gives me the encouragement I need to continue to grow and progress to become like my Savior.

"No distance of place, or lapse of time, can lessen the friendship of those who are thoroughly persuaded of each other's worth." 

-Robert Southey

"I believe in Christianity as I believe in the sun: not only 

because I see it, but by it I see everything else."

-C.S.Lewis

“You are second to none. You are daughters of God. There has come to you as your birthright something beautiful and sacred and divine. Never forget that."

-Gordon B. Hinckley

"When we are wholly His, we will be more ourselves than ever."
-C.S. Lewis

"Imagine yourself as a living house. God comes in to rebuild that house. At first, perhaps, you can understand what He is doing. He is getting the drains right and stopping the leaks in the roof and so on: you knew that those jobs needed doing and so you are not surprised. But presently He starts knocking the house about in a way that hurts abominably and does not seem to make sense. What on earth is He up to? The explanation is that He is building quite a different house from the one you thought of — throwing out a new wing here, putting on an extra floor there, running up towers, making courtyards. You thought you were going to be made into a decent little cottage: but He is building a palace. He intends to come and live in it Himself."

-C.S. Lewis 

"If every man in this church who has been ordained to the Melchizedek Priesthood were to qualify himself to hold a temple recommend, and then were to go to the house of the Lord and renew his covenants in solemnity before God and witnesses, we would be a better people. There would be little or no infidelity among us. Divorce would almost entirely disappear. So much of heartache and heartbreak would be avoided. There would be a greater measure of peace and love and happiness in our homes. There would be fewer weeping wives and weeping children. There would be a greater measure of appreciation and of mutual respect among us. And I am confident the Lord would smile with greater favor upon us."  

Gordon B. Hinckley

"Happiness does not depend on what happens outside of you but on what happens inside of you. It is measured by the spirit with which you meet the problems of life." -Harold B. Lee