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Goodness consists not in the outward things we do, but in the inward thing we are. To be is the great thing.
Most men are less afraid of ghosts than of facts; but out of the truth of things — truth of character and vision — grows true life.
[N]ever does the human soul appear so strong as when it foregoes revenge and dares to forgive an injury.
Christ saw much in this world to weep over, and much to pray over; but he saw nothing in it to look upon with contempt.
Consider, then, and act upon the true ends of existence. This world which stretches out before you, is but the vestibule of an immortal life. These deeds that are taking place around you, touch upon chords that extend by a thousand connections, visible and invisible, and vibrate in eternity.
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At the bottom of a good deal of the bravery that appears in the world there lurks a miserable cowardice. Men will face powder and steel because they cannot face public opinion.
Pride is the master-sin of the devil; and the devil is the father of lies.
Poetry is the utterance of truth — deep, heartfelt truth. The true poet is very near the oracle.
An aged Christian, with the snow of time on his head, may remind us that those points of earth are whitest that are nearest heaven.
Fashion is the science of appearances, and it inspires one with the desire to seem rather than to be.