Every year of my life I grow more convinced that it is wisest and best to fix our attention on the beautiful and the good, and dwell as little as possible on the evil and the false.

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There is no such thing as a fixed policy, because policy like all organic entities...

There is no such thing as a fixed policy, because policy like all organic entities...

The government of the United States is not entitled to affirm as a universal proposition,...

The government of the United States is not entitled to affirm as a universal proposition,...

The first step towards knowledge is to know that we are ignorant.

The first step towards knowledge is to know that we are ignorant.

Method is the very hinge of business, and there is no method without punctuality

Method is the very hinge of business, and there is no method without punctuality

The world looks at preachers out of church to know what they mean in it.

The world looks at preachers out of church to know what they mean in it.

Self-will so ardent and active that it will break a world to pieces to make...

Self-will so ardent and active that it will break a world to pieces to make...

If I have made an appointment with you, I owe you punctuality, I have no...

If I have made an appointment with you, I owe you punctuality, I have no...

Wisdom prepares for the worst, but folly leaves the worst for the day when it...

Wisdom prepares for the worst, but folly leaves the worst for the day when it...

The history of all the great characters of the Bible is summed up in this...

The history of all the great characters of the Bible is summed up in this...

God's way of answering the Christian's prayer for more patience, experience, hope and love often...

God's way of answering the Christian's prayer for more patience, experience, hope and love often...

God's way of answering the Christian's prayer for more patience, experience, hope and love often...

God's way of answering the Christian's prayer for more patience, experience, hope and love often...

Christ would be a national advertiser today, I am sure, as He was a great...

Christ would be a national advertiser today, I am sure, as He was a great...

The Christian religion, then, is not an affair of preaching, or prating, or ranting, but...

The Christian religion, then, is not an affair of preaching, or prating, or ranting, but...

Christians are supposed not merely to endure change, nor even to profit by it, but...

Christians are supposed not merely to endure change, nor even to profit by it, but...

The big thing among Christians these days is WWJD (What Would Jesus Do?) Robert M

The big thing among Christians these days is WWJD (What Would Jesus Do?) Robert M

Christianity takes for granted the absence of any self-help and offers a power which is...

Christianity takes for granted the absence of any self-help and offers a power which is...

The sign said, Jesus is the answer

The sign said, Jesus is the answer

He who begins by loving Christianity more than Truth, will proceed by loving his sect...

He who begins by loving Christianity more than Truth, will proceed by loving his sect...

There is no question but that if Jesus Christ, or a great prophet from another...

There is no question but that if Jesus Christ, or a great prophet from another...

The fundamental defect of Christian ethics consists in the fact that it labels certain classes...

The fundamental defect of Christian ethics consists in the fact that it labels certain classes...

Be brave. Take risks. Nothing can substitute experience.

Be brave. Take risks. Nothing can substitute experience.

A leader is a dealer in hope

A leader is a dealer in hope

However far away, I will always love you. However long I stay, I will always...

However far away, I will always love you. However long I stay, I will always...

God bestows upon one man genius without patience and upon another man patience without genius....

God bestows upon one man genius without patience and upon another man patience without genius....

Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and his prayer unto his God, and...

Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and his prayer unto his God, and...