He who reigns within himself and rules passions, desires, and fears is more than a king.
JOHN MILTONAs therefore the state of man now is, what wisdom can there be to choose, what continence to forbear, without the knowledge of good and evil?
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Solitude sometimes is best society.
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Most men admire Virtue who follow not her lore.
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Gratitude bestows reverence, allowing us to encounter everyday epiphanies, those transcendent moments of awe that change forever how we experience life and the world.
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Neither prosperity nor empire nor heaven can be worth winning at the price of a virulent temper, bloody hands, an anguished spirit, and a vain hatred of the rest of the world.
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He who destroys a good book kills reason itself.
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He that hath light within their own breast, may sit in the centre and enjoy bright day.
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When we speak of knowing God, it must be understood with reference to man’s limited powers of comprehension. God, as He really is, is far beyond man’s imagination, let alone understanding. God has revealed only so much of Himself as our minds can conceive and the weakness of our nature can bear.
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There is nothing that making men rich and strong but that which they carry inside of them. True wealth is of the heart, not of the hand.
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Time will run back and fetch the Age of Gold.
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Hard are the ways of truth, and rough to walk.
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A good book is the precious lifeblood of a master spirit.
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For liberty hath a sharp and double edge, fit only to be handled by just and virtuous men; to bad and dissolute, it becomes a mischief unwieldy in their own hands.
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Where no hope is left, is left no fear.
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Truth is as impossible to be soiled by any outward touch as the sunbeam.
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And feel by turns the bitter change Of fierce extremes, extremes by change more fierce.
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Freely we serve, because freely we love.
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Suffering for truth’s sake Is fortitude to highest victory, And to the faithful death the gate of life.
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Innocence, Once Lost, Can Never Be Regained. Darkness, Once Gazed Upon, Can Never Be Lost.
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Consider first, that great or bright infers not excellence.
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Long is the way and hard, that out of hell leads up to light.
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Believe and be confirmed.
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As therefore the state of man now is, what wisdom can there be to choose, what continence to forbear, without the knowledge of good and evil?
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Nothing profits more than self-esteem, grounded on what is just and right.
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And live like Nature’s bastards, not her sons.
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Better to reign in hell than serve in heav’n.
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Gratitude bestows reverence…..changing forever how we experience life and the world.
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