The head learns new things, but the heart forever practices old experiences.
HENRY WARD BEECHERThe sphere that is deepest, most unexplored, and most unfathomable, the wonder and glory of God’s thought and hand, is our own soul!
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When a man says that he is perfect already, there is only one of two places for him, and that is heaven or the lunatic asylum.
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That is true culture which helps us to work for the social betterment of all.
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It is defeat that turns bone to flint; it is defeat that turns gristle to muscle; it is defeat that makes men invincible. Do not then be afraid of defeat. You are never so near to victory as when defeated in a good cause.
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There is no liberty to men who know not how to govern themselves.
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Your greatest pleasure is that which rebounds from hearts that you have made glad.
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Well married a person has wings, poorly married shackles.
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We let our blessings get mouldy, and then call them curses.
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A world without a Sabbath would be like a man without a smile, like summer without flowers, and like a homestead without a garden. It is the most joyous day of the week.
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Find out what your temptations are, and you will find out largely what you are yourself.
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Men go shopping just as men go out fishing or hunting, to see how large a fish may be caught with the smallest hook.
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The Church is not a gallery for the exhibition of eminent Christians, but a school for the education of imperfect ones.
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All men are tempted. There is no man that lives that can’t be broken down, provided it is the right temptation, put in the right spot.
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Love is the river of life in this world.
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Our government is built upon the vote. But votes that are purchasable are quicksands, and a government built on them stands upon corruption and revolution.
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Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it with the handle of anxiety or the handle of faith.
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