Certainly work is not always required of a man. There is such a thing as a sacred idleness - the cultivation of which is now fearfully neglected.
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It is not the cares of today, but the cares of tomorrow, that weigh a man down.George MacDonald
Now I want you to think that in life troubles will come, which seem as if they never would pass away. The night and storm look as if they would last forever but the calm and the morning cannot be stayed the storm in its very nature is transient. The effort of nature, as that of the human heart, ever is to return to its repose, for God is Peace.
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Friends, if we be honest with ourselves, we shall be honest with each other.
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Love is the opener as well as closer of eyes.
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