Very often the only way to get a quality in reality is to start behavi…

C. S. Lewis
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Very often the only way to get a quality in reality is to start behaving as if you had it already. ✨ C. S. Lewis (1984). The Business of Heaven: Daily Readings from C. S. Lewis, p.305, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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Very often the only way to get a quality in reality is to start behaving as if you had it already. ✨ C. S. Lewis (1984). The Business of Heaven: Daily Readings from C. S. Lewis, p.305, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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