Everywhere in life, the true question is not what we gain, but what we do.
THOMAS CARLYLENo 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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The soul gives unity to what it looks at with love.
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Naps are a way of traveling painlessly through time into the future.
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There is precious instruction to be got by finding we were wrong.
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See deep enough, and you see musically.
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In every phenomenon the beginning remains always the most notable moment.
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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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A loving heart is the beginning of all knowledge.
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Democracy means despair of finding any heroes to govern you, and contented putting up with the want of them.
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Writing is a dreadful labor, yet not so dreadful as Idleness.
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A person who is gifted sees the essential point and leaves the rest as surplus.
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Every noble work is at first impossible.
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No pressure, no diamonds.
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Silence is as deep as eternity, speech a shallow as time.
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A man lives by believing something: not by debating and arguing about many things.
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No person is important enough to make me angry.
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