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!
THOMAS CARLYLEStop a moment, cease your work, and look around you.
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No pressure, no diamonds.
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Blessed is he who has found his work; let him ask no other blessedness.
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No person is important enough to make me angry.
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The battle that never ends is the battle of belief against disbelief.
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The soul gives unity to what it looks at with love.
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Of all God’s creatures, Man alone is poor.
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A loving heart is the beginning of all knowledge.
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Do the duty which lies nearest to you, the second duty will then become clearer.
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Every noble work is at first impossible.
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There can be no acting or doing of any kind till it be recognized that there is a thing to be done; the thing once recognized, doing in a thousand shapes becomes possible.
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Who 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 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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In every phenomenon the beginning remains always the most notable moment.
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Silence is more eloquent than words.
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What we become depends on what we read after all of the professors have finished with us. The greatest university of all is a collection of books.
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