Popular opinion is the greatest lie in the world.
THOMAS CARLYLEIt is the first of all problems for a man to find out what kind of work he is to do in this universe.
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The soul gives unity to what it looks at with love.
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There can be no acting or doing of any kind till it be recognized that there is a thing to be done; the thing once recognized, doing in a thousand shapes becomes possible.
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Secrecy is the element of all goodness; even virtue, even beauty is mysterious.
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No person is important enough to make me angry.
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Do nothing, only keep agitating, debating; and things will destroy themselves.
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One monster there is in the world, the idle man.
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The first duty of man is to conquer fear; he must get rid of it, he cannot act till then.
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Do the duty which lies nearest to you, the second duty will then become clearer.
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Endurance is patience concentrated.
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The block of granite which was an obstacle in the pathway of the weak, became a stepping-stone in the pathway of the strong.
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No iron chain, or outward force of any kind, could ever compel the soul of man to believe or to disbelieve: it is his own indefeasible light, that judgment of his; he will reign and believe there by the grace of God alone!
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Blessed is he who has found his work; let him ask no other blessedness.
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A person who is gifted sees the essential point and leaves the rest as surplus.
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Weak eyes are fondest of glittering objects.
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Doubt, of whatever kind, can be ended by action alone.
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