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.
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Create Personalise WishesThere 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.
7Finish 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.
7Write 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.
7Be 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.
7Do 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.
7Praise out of season,…
The person who tries to…
The person who tries to live alone will not succeed as a human being. His heart withers if it does not answer another heart. His mind shrinks away if he hears only the echoes of his own thoughts and finds no other inspiration.
8Life without idealism…
None who have always been…
None who have always been free can understand the terrible fascinating power of the hope of freedom to those who are not free.
11The basic discovery about…
The basic discovery about any people is the discovery of the relationship between its men and its women.
29Every great mistake has…
Every great mistake has a halfway moment, a split second when it can be recalled and perhaps remedied.
13The secret of joy in work…
The secret of joy in work is contained in one word – excellence. To know how to do something well is to enjoy it.
12It may be that religion…
It may be that religion is dead, and if it is, we had better know it and set ourselves to try to discover other sources of moral strength before it is too late.
12We send missionaries to…
We send missionaries to China so the Chinese can get to heaven, but we won’t let them into our country.
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