There is a loftier ambition than merely to stand high in the world. It is to stoop down and lift mankind a little higher.
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Remember that what you possess in this world will be found on the day of your death to belong to somebody else. But what you are will be yours forever.
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All these are thine, and therefore love is thine.
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Look around for a place to sow a few seeds.
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Love may hide itself awhile, but love can never die.
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To desire and strive to be of some service to the world, to aim at doing something which shall really increase the happiness and welfare and virtue of mankind - this is a choice which is possible for all of us; and surely it is a good haven to sail for.
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