Are you a politician asking what your country can do for you or a zealous one asking what you can do for your country If you are the first, then you are a parasite is the second, then you are an oasis in a desert.
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The very strength that protects the heart from injury is the strength that prevents the heart from enlarging to its intended greatness within. The song of the voice is sweet, but the song of the heart is the pure voice of heaven.
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Remember that Divinity is the true self of Man. It cannot be sold for gold neither can it be heaped up as are the riches of the world today. The rich man has cast off his Divinity, and has clung to his gold. And the young today have forsaken their Divinity and pursue self-indulgence and pleasure.
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He who has not looked on Sorrow will never see Joy.
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