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We die daily. Happy those who daily come to life as well.

If instead of a gem, or even a flower, we should cast the gift of a loving thought into the heart of a friend, that would be giving as the angels give.

It is not in the nature of politics that the best men should be elected. The best men do not want to govern their fellowmen.

It is not the cares of today, but the cares of tomorrow, that weigh a man down.

To keep a lamp burning we have to keep putting oil in it.

Man finds it hard to get what he wants, because he does not want the best; God finds it hard to give, because He would give the best, and man will not take it.

Forgiveness is the giving, and so the receiving, of life.

Anything large enough for a wish to light upon, is large enough to hang a prayer upon.

Few delights can equal the presence of one whom we trust utterly.

To have what we want is riches; but to be able to do without is power.

Age is not all decay; it is the ripening, the swelling, of the fresh life within, that withers and bursts the husk.

When we are out of sympathy with the young, then I think our work in this world is over.

You can't live on amusement. It is the froth on water - an inch deep and then the mud.

How strange this fear of death is! We are never frightened at a sunset.

The more I work with the body, keeping my assumptions in a temporary state of reservation, the more I appreciate and sympathize with a given disease. The body no longer appears as a sick or irrational demon, but as a process with its own inner logic and wisdom.

Friends, if we be honest with ourselves, we shall be honest with each other.

Love is the opener as well as closer of eyes.

Afflictions are but the shadows of God's wings.

The principle part of faith is patience.

To be trusted is a greater compliment than being loved.

Where there is no choice, we do well to make no difficulty.

The first thing a kindness deserves is acceptance, the second, transmission.

I find that doing of the will of God leaves me no time for disputing about His plans.

The best preparation for the future is the present well seen to, and the last duty done.

It matters little where a man may be at this moment; the point is whether he is growing.

Many a thief is a better man than many a clergyman, and miles nearer to the gate of the kingdom.

A beast does not know that he is a beast, and the nearer a man gets to being a beast, the less he knows it.

It is our best work that God wants, not the dregs of our exhaustion. I think he must prefer quality to quantity.

There are thousands willing to do great things for one willing to do a small thing.

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