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Of all God’s creatures, Man alone is poor.

Thomas Carlyle

Stop a moment, cease your work, and look around you.
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Moments Stop Yourself
A well-written life is almost as rare as a well-spent one.
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Life Oneself Rare Writing
Work is the grand cure of all the maladies and miseries that ever beset mankind.
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Kind Man Misery Negative Work
Our grand business undoubtedly is, not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand.
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Business Distance Doubt Hands Lying See
To say that we have a clear conscience is to utter a solecism; had we never sinned we should have had no conscience. Were defeat unknown, neither would victory be celebrated by songs of triumph.
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Celebration Conscience Defeat Sin Song Success Victory
It is the heart always that sees, before the head can see.
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Deep Head Heart See
Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do that with all thy might and leave the issues calmly to God.
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Calm God Hands Issues Leaving
The past is always attractive because it is drained of fear.
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Attraction Deep Fear Past
A person with a clear purpose will make progress, even on the roughest road. A person with no purpose will make no progress, even on the smoothest road.
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Person Progress Purpose Road Rough
If you look deep enough you will see music; the heart of nature being everywhere music.
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Deep Enough Heart Music Nature Search
One monster there is in the world, the idle man.
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Deep Freedom Man World
No man sees far, most see no farther than their noses.
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Man Nose See Wisdom
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
A laugh, to be joyous, must flow from a joyous heart, for without kindness, there can be no true joy.
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Flow Heart Joy Kindness Laughter True
Everywhere in life, the true question is not what we gain, but what we do.
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Action Life Question True
Silence is more eloquent than words.
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One Liner Silence Word

Of all God’s creatures, Man alone is poor.

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