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Work is not always required. There is such a thing as sacred idleness.
If instead of a gem, or even a flower, we should cast the gift of a loving thought into the heart of a friend, that would be giving as the angels give.
`state intelligence,` like `military intelligence` and `woman friend,` is a contradiction in terms.
Happiness is not so much in having as sharing. We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.
The Christian cannot be satisfied so long as any human activity is either opposed to Christianity or out of connection with Christianity. Christianity must pervade not merely all nations but also all of human thought.
Friendships, like marriages, are dependent on avoiding the unforgivable.
Level with your child by being honest. Nobody spots a phony quicker than a child.
Nothing is wrong with California that a rise in the ocean level wouldn`t cure.
Don`t be afraid of opposition. Remember, a kite rises against not with the wind.
The highest proof of virtue is to possess boundless power without abusing it.
Many politicians lay it down as a self-evident proposition, that no people ought to be free till they are fit to use their freedom. The maxim is worthy of the fool in the old story, who resolved not to go into the water till he had learned to swim.
Our whole life is an attempt to discover when our spontaneity is whimsical, sentimental irresponsiblity and when it is a valid expression of our deepest desires and values.
The telephone is the greatest nuisance among conveniences, the greatest convenience among nuisances.
No one would be foolish enough to choose war over peace--in peace sons bury their fathers, but in war fathers bury their sons.
Marriages are made in heaven and consummated on Earth.
Love is made in heaven and consummated on earth.
Years later, people look back upon their darkest day and say -- as Churchill said of London`s war years -- `This was our finest hour.` In a tough spot right now You may be on the very edge of winning
Yesterday is a canceled check tomorrow is a promissory note today is the only cash you have -- so spend it wisely.
For the memory of love is sweet, though the love itself were in vain. And what I have lost of pleasure, assuage what I find of pain.
Man was predestined to have free will.
Never call an accountant a credit to his profession a good accountant is a debit to his profession.
There are four things that hold back human progress. Ignorance, stupidity, committees and accountants.
In order to become successful, you must only promise what you can deliver and deliver more than what you`ve promised.
Nothing can be created from nothing.
What is food to one man is bitter poison to others.
Such evil deeds could religion prompt.
Pleasant it is, when over a great sea the winds trouble the waters, to gaze from shore upon another`s great tribulation not because any man`s troubles are a delectable joy, but because to perceive you are free of them yourself is pleasant.
What came from the earth returns back to the earth, and the spirit that was sent from heaven, again carried back, is received into the temple of heaven.
Quite frankly Ted, the very mention of the word `Republican` seems to have negative connotations for the Americans in our studio.
I am bigger than anything that can happen to me. All these things, sorrow, misforturne, and suffering, are outside my door. I am in the house, and I have the key.
You think America is the biggest place on Earth, but it`s not. The view from Mir put everything in perspective.
Music is a discipline, and a mistress of order and good manners, she makes the people milder and gentler, more moral and more reasonable.
My heart, which is so full to overflowing, has often been solaced and refreshed by music when sick and weary.
There is no justification without sanctification, no forgiveness without renewal of life, no real faith from which the fruits of new obedience do not grow.
Love is an image of God, and not a lifeless image, but the living essence of the divine nature which beams full of all goodness.
I would not give one moment of heaven for all the joy and riches of the world, even if it lasted for thousands and thousands of years.
God writes the gospel not in the Bible alone, but on trees, and flowers, and clouds, and stars.
Anything that one imagines of God apart from Christ is only useless thinking and vain idolatry.
When Jesus Christ utters a word, He opens His mouth so wide that it embraces all Heaven and earth, even though that word be but in a whisper.
The Bible is the cradle wherein Christ is laid.
Grant that I may not pray alone with the mouth help me that I may pray from the depths of my heart.
Prayer is a strong wall and fortress of the church it is a goodly Christian weapon.
The fewer the words, the better the prayer.
Men are not made religious by performing certain actions which are externally good, but they must first have righteous principles, and then they will not fail to perform virtuous actions.
A man cannot do good before he is made good.
In this life, Christ is an example, showing us how to live in his death, he is a sacrifice, satisfying for our sins in his resurrection, a conqueror in his ascentions, a kind in his intercession, a high priest.
Everything that is done in the world is done by hope.
I cannot believe that my illness is natural. I suspect Satan, and therefore I am the more inclined to take it lightly.
If you`re not allowed to laugh in heaven, I don`t want to go there.
There is no more lovely, friendly, and charming relationship, communion, or company than a good marriage.