No matter how you seem to fatten on a crime, there can never be good for the bee which is bad for the hive.
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Create Personalise WishesFrom Washington, proverbially…
From Washington, proverbially “the city of distances,” through all its cities, states, and territories, it is a country of beginnings, of projects, of designs, and expectations.
9There never was a child…
People seem not to see…
We are too civil to books….
We are too civil to books. For a few golden sentences we will turn over and actually read a volume of four or five hundred pages.
9Books are the best of…
Books are the best of things, well used; abused, the worst. What is the right use? What is the end which all means go to effect? They are for nothing but to inspire. I had better never see a book than be warped by its attraction clean out of my own orbit, and made a satelite instead of a system.
8A person will worship…
A person will worship something, have no doubt about that. We may think our tribute is paid in secret in the dark recesses of our hearts, but it will out. That which dominates our imaginations and our thoughts will determine our lives, and our character. Therefore, it behooves us to be careful what we worship, for what we are worshipping we are becoming.
6Belief consists in accepting…
The moral sense reappears…
The moral sense reappears today with the same morning newness that has been from of old the fountain of beauty and strength. You say there is no religion now. ‘Tis like saying in rainy weather, There is no sun, when at that moment we are witnessing one of its superlative effects.
20So is cheerfulness, or…
Life is a train of moods…
Life is a train of moods like a string of beads; and as we pass through them they prove to be many colored lenses, which paint the world their own hue, and each shows us only what lies in its own focus.
20There is no beautifier…
There is no beautifier of complexion, or form, or behavior, like the wish to scatter joy and not pain around us. ‘Tis good to give a stranger a meal, or a night’s lodging. ‘Tis better to be hospitable to his good meaning and thought, and give courage to a companion. We must be as courteous to a man as we are to a picture, which we are willing to give the advantage of a good light.
12Put the argument into…
Put the argument into a concrete shape, into an image, some hard phrase, round and solid as a ball, which they can see and handle and carry home with them, and the cause is half won.
5Nor knowest thou what…
Nor knowest thou what argument
Thy life to thy neighbor’s creed has lent.
All are needed by each one;
Nothing is fair or good alone.
We are reformers in spring…
We are reformers in spring and summer; in autumn and winter, we stand by the old; reformers in the morning, conservers at night.
6Finish each day and be…
Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could; some blunders and absurdities have crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; you shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.
6Write it on your heart…
Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year. No man has learned anything rightly, until he knows that every day is Doomsday.
6Be as beneficent as the…
Be as beneficent as the sun or the sea, but if your rights as a rational being are trenched on, die on the first inch of your territory.
6Do not say things….
Do not say things. What you are stands over you the while, and thunders, so that I cannot hear what you say to the contrary.
7In a mood of faith and…
In a mood of faith and hope my work goes on. A ream of fresh paper lies on my desk waiting for the next book. I am a writer and I take up my pen to write.
8I don’t wait for moods….
I don’t wait for moods. You accomplish nothing if you do that. Your mind must know it has got to get down to work.
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