We are half hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he cannot imagine what is meant by the offer of a holiday by the sea. We are far too easily pleased.
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C.S.Lewis, The Weight of Glory (via joshuasolomon)
Too important not to reblog. This quote makes me think of “reality TV”. (Hey, y’all … nothing on TV is real. Nothing.)
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