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Everywhere in life, the true question is not what we gain, but what we do.

Thomas Carlyle

No 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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Believe Force God Grace Himself Judgement Kind Soul
Today is not yesterday: we ourselves change; how can our works and thoughts, if they are always to be the fittest, continue always the same? Change, indeed is painful; yet ever needful; and if memory have its force and worth, so also has hope.
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Change Force Hope Memories Pain Past Present Work Worth
To say that we have a clear conscience is to utter a solecism; had we never sinned we should have had no conscience. Were defeat unknown, neither would victory be celebrated by songs of triumph.
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Celebration Conscience Defeat Sin Song Success Victory
The first duty of man is to conquer fear; he must get rid of it, he cannot act till then.
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Act Fear Himself Man
Secrecy is the element of all goodness; even virtue, even beauty is mysterious.
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Beautiful Element Goodness Mystery Secret Virtue
Doubt, of whatever kind, can be ended by action alone.
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Action Alone End Kind
The eternal stars shine out again, so soon as it is dark enough.
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Darkness Enough Forever Shine Stardom
Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do that with all thy might and leave the issues calmly to God.
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Calm God Hands Issues Leaving
There are remedies for all things but death.
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Cure Death One Liner
When the oak is felled the whole forest echoes with it fall, but a hundred acorns are sown in silence by an unnoticed breeze.
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Fall Notice Silence Tree
If you look deep enough you will see music; the heart of nature being everywhere music.
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Deep Enough Heart Music Nature Search
Just in the ratio knowledge increases, faith decreases.
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Faith Growth Knowledge
The merit of originality is not novelty; it is sincerity.
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Noble Originality Sincere
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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Better Education Mistake Teaching Understand Yourself
No man sees far, most see no farther than their noses.
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Man Nose See Wisdom
A laugh, to be joyous, must flow from a joyous heart, for without kindness, there can be no true joy.
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Flow Heart Joy Kindness Laughter True

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