Every day that is born into the world comes like a burst of music and rings the whole day through, and you make of it a dance, a dirge, or a life march, as you will.
THOMAS CARLYLEWho is it that loves me and will love me forever with an affection which no chance, no misery, no crime of mine can do away? It is you, my mother.
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If you look deep enough you will see music; the heart of nature being everywhere music.
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A man lives by believing something: not by debating and arguing about many things.
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The block of granite which was an obstacle in the pathway of the weak, became a stepping-stone in the pathway of the strong.
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Experience is the best of school masters, only the school fees are heavy.
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No man sees far, most see no farther than their noses.
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The battle that never ends is the battle of belief against disbelief.
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The merit of originality is not novelty; it is sincerity.
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Silence is as deep as eternity, speech a shallow as time.
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There are but two ways of paying debt: Increase of industry in raising income, increase of thrift in laying out.
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Nothing is more terrible than activity without insight.
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If Jesus Christ were to come today, people would not even crucify him. They would ask him to dinner, and hear what he had to say, and make fun of it.
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I’ve got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom.
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The eternal stars shine out again, so soon as it is dark enough.
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Love is not altogether a Delirium, says he elsewhere; “yet has it many points in common therewith.”
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A person with a clear purpose will make progress, even on the roughest road. A person with no purpose will make no progress, even on the smoothest road.
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