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Blessed is he who has found his work; let him ask no other blessedness.

Thomas Carlyle

To say that we have a clear conscience is to utter a solecism; had we never sinned we should have had no conscience. Were defeat unknown, neither would victory be celebrated by songs of triumph.
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Celebration Conscience Defeat Sin Song Success Victory
Just in the ratio knowledge increases, faith decreases.
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Faith Growth Knowledge
It is the heart always that sees, before the head can see.
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Deep Head Heart See
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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Book Collection Deep Greatness Knowledge Reading Teacher
A great man shows his greatness by the way he treats little men.
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Greatness Himself Man Treat
One life; a little gleam of Time between two Eternities; no second chance to us for evermore!
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Chance Forever Life Oneself
If you look deep enough you will see music; the heart of nature being everywhere music.
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Deep Enough Heart Music Nature Search
In every phenomenon the beginning remains always the most notable moment.
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Beginning Deep Moments
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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Believe Force God Grace Himself Judgement Kind Soul
Old age is not a matter for sorrow. It is matter for thanks if we have left our work done behind us.
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Age Old Ourselves Sorrow Work
Everywhere in life, the true question is not what we gain, but what we do.
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Action Life Question True
Silence is as deep as eternity, speech a shallow as time.
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Deep Forever Shallow Silence Talk Time
The first duty of man is that of subduing fear.
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Fear Man One Liner Responsibility
Speech is silver, silence is golden.
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Gold Silence Talk Worth
It 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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Himself Kind Man Problem Universe Work
Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do that with all thy might and leave the issues calmly to God.
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Calm God Hands Issues Leaving

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