One resolution I have made, and try always to keep, is this 'To rise above little things.'
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The natural forces crush and destroy man when he transgresses them, as they destroy or neutralize one another.John Burroughs
The Kingdom of Heaven is not a place, but a state of mind.
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Temperament lies behind mood behind will, lies the fate of character. Then behind both, the influence of family the tyranny of culture and finally the power of climate and environment and we are free, only to the extent we rise above these.
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We cannot walk through life on mountain peaks.
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What is the best thing for a stream It is to keep moving. If it stops, it stagnates. So the best thing for a man is that which keeps the currents going the physical, the moral, and the intellectual currents. Hence the secret of happiness is something.
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If we take science as our sole guide, if we accept and hold fast that alone which is verifiable, the old theology must go.
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