Mental pain is less dramatic than physical pain, but it is more common and also more hard to bear. The frequent attempt to conceal mental pain increases the burden: it is easier to say, “My tooth is aching” than to say, “My heart is broken.”

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"Courage, dear heart."

- C.S. Lewis

Courage

"You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream."

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Aspirations

"You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending."

- C.S. Lewis

Change

"The son of God became a man to enable men to become sons of God."

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Faith

"Once in our world, a stable had something in it that was bigger than our whole world."

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Faith

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"She warned him not to be deceived by appearances, for beauty is found within."

- Beauty and the Beast

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"We should never judge someone based on their appearance."

- Beauty and the Beast

Awareness

"Beauty and ugliness are merely subjective labels. What matters is who we are inside."

- Beauty and the Beast

Awareness

"When we see beyond appearances, we discover the true essence of a person."

- Beauty and the Beast

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"Worry is a misuse of imagination."

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