The soul gives unity to what it looks at with love.
THOMAS CARLYLEWhat 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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Our grand business undoubtedly is, not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand.
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Egotism is the source and summary of all faults and miseries.
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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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Nothing builds self-esteem and self-confidence like accomplishment.
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A well-written life is almost as rare as a well-spent one.
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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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The first duty of man is to conquer fear; he must get rid of it, he cannot act till then.
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It is the heart always that sees, before the head can see.
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The first duty of man is that of subduing fear.
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Tell a person they are brave and you help them become so.
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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.
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You can make even a parrot into a learned political economist – all he must learn are the two words “supply” and “demand.”
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Stop a moment, cease your work, and look around you.
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Do nothing, only keep agitating, debating; and things will destroy themselves.
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A man protesting against error is on the way towards uniting himself with all men that believe in truth.
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