Foolish men imagine that because judgment for an evil thing is delayed, there is no justice; but only accident here below. Judgment for an evil thing is many times delayed some day or two, some century or two, but it is sure as life, it is sure as death.
THOMAS CARLYLENo 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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A man protesting against error is on the way towards uniting himself with all men that believe in truth.
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Music is well said to be the speech of angels.
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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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Blessed is he who has found his work; let him ask no other blessedness.
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Silence is as deep as eternity, speech a shallow as time.
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I’ve got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom.
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A loving heart is the beginning of all knowledge.
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Teach a parrot the terms ‘supply and demand’ and you’ve got an economist.
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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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Without kindness there can be no true joy.
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A man lives by believing something: not by debating and arguing about many things.
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He who has health, has hope; and he who has hope, has everything.
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Do not be embarrassed by your mistakes. Nothing can teach us better than our understanding of them. This is one of the best ways of self-education.
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Work is the grand cure of all the maladies and miseries that ever beset mankind.
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The merit of originality is not novelty; it is sincerity. The believing man is the original man; whatsoever he believes, he believes it for himself, not for another.
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