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He who has no vision of eternity has no hold on time.

Thomas Carlyle

Once the mind has been expanded by a big idea, it will never go back to its original state.
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Big Ideas Mindset Original Place State
Conviction is worthless unless it is converted into conduct.
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Action Wasted Time Worth
Today is not yesterday: we ourselves change; how can our works and thoughts, if they are always to be the fittest, continue always the same? Change, indeed is painful; yet ever needful; and if memory have its force and worth, so also has hope.
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Change Force Hope Memories Pain Past Present Work Worth
No pressure, no diamonds.
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Diamond Jewel One Liner Pressure
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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Better Education Mistake Teaching Understand Yourself
A man protesting against error is on the way towards uniting himself with all men that believe in truth.
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Believe Errors Himself Man Mistake Truth Unity Way
The past is always attractive because it is drained of fear.
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Attraction Deep Fear Past
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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Food Fun God Himself People
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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Act Kind Possible Recognition
Democracy means despair of finding any heroes to govern you, and contented putting up with the want of them.
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Democracy Government Hero Satisfaction Yourself
One monster there is in the world, the idle man.
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Deep Freedom Man World
The first duty of man is that of subduing fear.
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Fear Man One Liner Responsibility
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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Better Man Talk Wasted Yourself
Popular opinion is the greatest lie in the world.
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Greatness Lying Opinion Popular World
Make yourself an honest man, and then you may be sure there is one less rascal in the world.
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Honesty Man World Yourself
No man sees far, most see no farther than their noses.
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Man Nose See Wisdom

He who has no vision of eternity has no hold on time.

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