Morality without religion is only a kind of dead reckoning - an endeavor to find our place on a cloudy sea by measuring the distance we have run, but without any observation of the heavenly bodies.

Quote by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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Look not mournfully into the past, it comes not back again. Wisely improve the present,...

Look not mournfully into the past, it comes not back again. Wisely improve the present,...

Art is long, and Time is fleeting

Art is long, and Time is fleeting

Each morning sees some task begun, each evening sees it close; Something attempted, something done,...

Each morning sees some task begun, each evening sees it close; Something attempted, something done,...

All things come round to him who will but wait.

All things come round to him who will but wait.

Love gives itself; it is not bought.

Love gives itself; it is not bought.

There is no grief like the grief that does not speak.

There is no grief like the grief that does not speak.

Perseverance is a great element of success. If you only knock long enough and loud...

Perseverance is a great element of success. If you only knock long enough and loud...

He had mittens, Minjekahwun, Magic mittens made of deer-skin; When upon his hands he wore...

He had mittens, Minjekahwun, Magic mittens made of deer-skin; When upon his hands he wore...

Something attempted, something done, Has earned a nights repose.

Something attempted, something done, Has earned a nights repose.

The greatest firmness is the greatest mercy.

The greatest firmness is the greatest mercy.

He spake well who said that graves are the footprints of angels.

He spake well who said that graves are the footprints of angels.

All things must change To something new, to something strange.

All things must change To something new, to something strange.

I shot an arrow into the air, It fell to earth, I knew not where;...

I shot an arrow into the air, It fell to earth, I knew not where;...

It takes less time to do a thing right, than it does to explain why...

It takes less time to do a thing right, than it does to explain why...

Build today, then strong and sure, With a firm and ample base; And ascending and...

Build today, then strong and sure, With a firm and ample base; And ascending and...

You would attain to the divine perfection, And yet not turn your back upon the...

You would attain to the divine perfection, And yet not turn your back upon the...

Not in the clamor of the crowded street, not in the shouts and plaudits of...

Not in the clamor of the crowded street, not in the shouts and plaudits of...

The human voice is the organ of the soul.

The human voice is the organ of the soul.

The Helicon of too many poets is not a hill crowned with sunshine and visited...

The Helicon of too many poets is not a hill crowned with sunshine and visited...

Most people would succeed in small things if they were not troubled with great ambitions.

Most people would succeed in small things if they were not troubled with great ambitions.