A great man shows his greatness by the way he treats little men.
THOMAS CARLYLEIf Jesus Christ were to come today, people would not even crucify him. They would ask him to dinner, and hear what he had to say, and make fun of it.
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A person who is gifted sees the essential point and leaves the rest as surplus.
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The merit of originality is not novelty; it is sincerity.
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Doubt, of whatever kind, can be ended by action alone.
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Experience is the best of school masters, only the school fees are heavy.
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Nothing builds self-esteem and self-confidence like accomplishment.
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What we become depends on what we read after all of the professors have finished with us. The greatest university of all is a collection of books.
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See deep enough, and you see musically.
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Work is the grand cure of all the maladies and miseries that ever beset mankind.
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Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do that with all thy might and leave the issues calmly to God.
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Endurance is patience concentrated.
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Secrecy is the element of all goodness; even virtue, even beauty is mysterious.
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He who has health, has hope; and he who has hope, has everything.
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A man without a goal is like a ship without a rudder.
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Conviction is worthless unless it is converted into conduct.
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Our grand business undoubtedly is, not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand.
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