The battle that never ends is the battle of belief against disbelief.
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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Silence is as deep as eternity, speech a shallow as time.
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It is the first of all problems for a man to find out what kind of work he is to do in this universe.
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Egotism is the source and summary of all faults and miseries.
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A well-written life is almost as rare as a well-spent one.
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Blessed is he who has found his work; let him ask no other blessedness.
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See deep enough, and you see musically.
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Teach a parrot the terms ‘supply and demand’ and you’ve got an economist.
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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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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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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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Show me the man you honor, and I will know what kind of man you are.
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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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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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Nothing builds self-esteem and self-confidence like accomplishment.
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Music is well said to be the speech of angels.
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If you look deep enough you will see music; the heart of nature being everywhere music.
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If you do not wish a man to do a thing, you had better get him to talk about it; for the more men talk, the more likely they are to do nothing else.
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Old age is not a matter for sorrow. It is matter for thanks if we have left our work done behind us.
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Weak eyes are fondest of glittering objects.
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He who has no vision of eternity has no hold on time.
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The first duty of man is that of subduing fear.
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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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Not what you possess but what you do with what you have, determines your true worth.
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One life; a little gleam of Time between two Eternities; no second chance to us for evermore!
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Foolish men imagine that because judgment for an evil thing is delayed, there is no justice; but only accident here below. Judgment for an evil thing is many times delayed some day or two, some century or two, but it is sure as life, it is sure as death.
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Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do that with all thy might and leave the issues calmly to God.
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