Our grand business undoubtedly is, not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand.
THOMAS CARLYLEThere are good and bad times, but our mood changes more often than our fortune.
More Thomas Carlyle Quotes
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The first duty of man is that of subduing fear.
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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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A loving heart is the beginning of all knowledge.
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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 person who is gifted sees the essential point and leaves the rest as surplus.
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The battle that never ends is the battle of belief against disbelief.
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Do not be embarrassed by your mistakes. Nothing can teach us better than our understanding of them. This is one of the best ways of self-education.
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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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Speech is silver, silence is golden.
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They only are wise who know that they know nothing.
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Tell a person they are brave and you help them become so.
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Do the duty which lies nearest to you, the second duty will then become clearer.
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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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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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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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