Everywhere in life, the true question is not what we gain, but what we do.
THOMAS CARLYLEIf 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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He who has health, has hope; and he who has hope, has everything.
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Once the mind has been expanded by a big idea, it will never go back to its original state.
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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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Secrecy is the element of all goodness; even virtue, even beauty is mysterious.
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Endurance is patience concentrated.
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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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Do the duty which lies nearest to you, the second duty will then become clearer.
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No person is important enough to make me angry.
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The eternal stars shine out again, so soon as it is dark enough.
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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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Teach a parrot the terms ‘supply and demand’ and you’ve got an economist.
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Music is well said to be the speech of angels.
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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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A man protesting against error is on the way towards uniting himself with all men that believe in truth.
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Nothing builds self-esteem and self-confidence like accomplishment.
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