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.
HENRY WARD BEECHERRepentance is another name for aspiration.
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The human soul is God’s treasury, out of which he coins unspeakable riches.
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It is not what we read, but what we remember, that makes us learned. It is not what we intend, but what we do that makes us useful. It is not a few faint wishes, but a life long struggle, that makes us valiant.
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A little library, growing every year, is an honorable part of a man’s history. It is a man’s duty to have books.
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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 cynic puts all human actions into two classes – openly bad and secretly bad.
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Spreading Christianity abroad is sometimes an excuse for not having it at home.
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To know that one has a secret is to know half the secret itself.
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Christianity is simply the ideal form of manhood represented to us by Jesus Christ.
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Joy is more divine than sorrow, for joy is bread and sorrow is medicine.
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Ones best success comes after their greatest disappointments.
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I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I will not forgive. Forgiveness ought to be like a cancelled note – torn in two, and burned up, so that it never can be shown against one.
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God sends experience to paint men’s portraits.
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We go to the grave of a friend saying, “A man is dead,” but angels throng about him saying, “A man is born.”
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The thankful heart will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings.
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I never knew how to worship until I knew how to love.
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