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A high heart ought to bear calamities and not flee them, since in bearing them appears the grandeur of the mind and in fleeing them the cowardice of the heart.
If it sounds good, you'll hear it; If it looks good, you'll see it; If it's marketed right, you'll buy it; but if it's real, you'll feel it.
The objective of false prophets and teachers of whatever stripe is…the influence and control of the minds of men.
We get new ideas from God every hour of our day when we put our trust in Him, but we have to follow that inspiration up with perspiration, we have to work to prove our faith. Remember that the bee that hangs around the hive never gets any honey.
Patriotism is not a short and frenzied outburst of emotion but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime.
You write in order to change the world, knowing perfectly well that you probably can't, but also knowing that literature is indispensable to the world…The world changes according to the way people see it, and if you alter, even by a millimeter, the way…people look at reality, then you can change it.
Health is the greatest possession. Contentment is the greatest treasure. Confidence is the greatest friend. Non-being is the greatest joy.
Christ's first coming was to fulfill a mission, a purpose. He came to suffer, die, and be raised again. These happened and yielded results effective for the present time and into eternity.
Find out what your hero or heroine wants, and when he or she wakes up in the morning, just follow him or her all day.
Woe to the man whose heart has not learned while young to hope, to love - and to put its trust in life.
Hate is the consequence of fear; we fear something before we hate it; a child who fears noises becomes a man who hates noise.
Writing, I think, is not apart from living. Writing is a kind of double living. The writer experiences everything twice. Once in reality and once in the mirror which waits always before or behind.
Of all the communities available to us there is not one I would want to devote myself to, except for the society of the true searchers, which has very few living members at any time.
Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward. They may be beaten, but they may start a winning game.
If you don't get everything you want, think of the things you don't get that you don't want.
I need to know the price of a gallon of milk and a dozen eggs. I need to know right now.
