“It is wonderful how much time good people spend fighting the devil. If they would only expend the same amount of energy loving their fellow men, the devil would die in his own tracks of ennui.”
Good“No matter how dull, or how mean, or how wise a man is, he feels that happiness is his indisputable right.”
Happiness“It is wonderful how much time good people spend fighting the devil. If they would only expend the same amount of energy loving their fellow men, the devil would die in his own tracks of ennui.”
Good“Love is like a beautiful flower which I may not touch, but whose fragrance makes the garden a place of delight just the same.”
Love“We could never learn to be brave and patient, if there were only joy in the world.”
Patience“As selfishness and complaint pervert the mind, so love with its joy clears and sharpens the vision.”
Love“Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing.”
Experience“The highest result of education is tolerance.”
Education“Many people know so little about what is beyond their short range of experience. They look within themselves - and find nothing! Therefore they conclude that there is nothing outside themselves either.”
Experience“Alone we can do so little together we can do so much.”
Alone“When we do the best that we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life, or in the life of another.”
Best“Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.”
Faith“Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light.”
Alone“What we have once enjoyed we can never lose. All that we love deeply becomes a part of us.”
Love“To me a lush carpet of pine needles or spongy grass is more welcome than the most luxurious Persian rug.”
Nature“The heresy of one age becomes the orthodoxy of the next.”
Age“The marvelous richness of human experience would lose something of rewarding joy if there were no limitations to overcome. The hilltop hour would not be half so wonderful if there were no dark valleys to traverse.”
Experience“No one has a right to consume happiness without producing it.”
Happiness“Life is either a great adventure or nothing.”
Great“No matter how dull, or how mean, or how wise a man is, he feels that happiness is his indisputable right.”
Happiness“Until the great mass of the people shall be filled with the sense of responsibility for each other's welfare, social justice can never be attained.”
Great“It is for us to pray not for tasks equal to our powers, but for powers equal to our tasks, to go forward with a great desire forever beating at the door of our hearts as we travel toward our distant goal.”
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