Old age is not a matter for sorrow. It is matter for thanks if we have left our work done behind us.
THOMAS CARLYLEEvery 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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Just in the ratio knowledge increases, faith decreases.
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When the oak is felled the whole forest echoes with it fall, but a hundred acorns are sown in silence by an unnoticed breeze.
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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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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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The past is always attractive because it is drained of fear.
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Every noble work is at first impossible.
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Endurance is patience concentrated.
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A laugh, to be joyous, must flow from a joyous heart, for without kindness, there can be no true joy.
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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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A person who is gifted sees the essential point and leaves the rest as surplus.
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The block of granite which was an obstacle in the pathway of the weak, became a stepping-stone in the pathway of the strong.
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The battle that never ends is the battle of belief against disbelief.
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The first duty of man is that of subduing fear.
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It is the heart always that sees, before the head can see.
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No man sees far, most see no farther than their noses.
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