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.
THOMAS CARLYLEMake yourself an honest man, and then you may be sure there is one less rascal in the world.
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I’ve got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom.
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Nothing stops the man who desires to achieve. Every obstacle is simply a course to develop his achievement muscle. It’s a strengthening of his powers of accomplishment.
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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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Without kindness there can be no true joy.
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Nothing is more terrible than activity without insight.
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Egotism is the source and summary of all faults and miseries.
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Stop a moment, cease your work, and look around you.
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There are remedies for all things but death.
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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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Weak eyes are fondest of glittering objects.
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History: A distillation of rumor.
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If you look deep enough you will see music; the heart of nature being everywhere music.
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Just in the ratio knowledge increases, faith decreases.
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No man sees far, most see no farther than their noses.
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He who has no vision of eternity has no hold on time.
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