The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things.
HENRY WARD BEECHERLove is the river of life in this world.
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Laws and institutions, like clocks, must occasionally be cleaned, wound up, and set to true time.
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Next to victory, there is nothing so sweet as defeat, if only the right adversary overcomes you.
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We need not fear shipwreck when God is the pilot.
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Tears are often the telescope by which men see far into heaven.
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The dog is the god of frolic.
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Find out what your temptations are, and you will find out largely what you are yourself.
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Sorrows, as storms, bring down the clouds close to the earth; sorrows bring heaven down close; and they are instruments of cleansing and purifying.
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Everyone has influence, for good or bad, upon others.
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Death is the Christian’s vacation morning. School is out. It is time to go home.
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Joy is more divine than sorrow, for joy is bread and sorrow is medicine.
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Troubles are often the tools by which God fashions us for better things.
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No matter what looms ahead, if you can eat today, enjoy the sunlight today, mix good cheer with friends today, enjoy it and bless God for it. Do not look back on happiness — or dream of it in the future. You are only sure of today; do not let yourself be cheated out of it.
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No coffee can be good in the mouth that does not first send a sweet offering of odor to the nostrils.
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I never knew how to worship until I knew how to love.
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Do not give, as many rich men do, like a hen that lays her eggs and then cackles.
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