The first step to improvement, whether mental, moral, or religious, is to know ourselves - our weakness,errors, deficiencies, and sins, that, by divine grace, we may overcome and turn from them all

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The great end of education is to discipline rather than to furnish the mind; to...

The great end of education is to discipline rather than to furnish the mind; to...

We haven't got the power to destroy the planet -- or to save it. But...

We haven't got the power to destroy the planet -- or to save it. But...

Facts are God's arguments; we should be careful never to misunderstand or pervert them

Facts are God's arguments; we should be careful never to misunderstand or pervert them

To be good, we must do good; and by doing good we take a sure...

To be good, we must do good; and by doing good we take a sure...

Between two evils, choose neither; between two goods, choose both.

Between two evils, choose neither; between two goods, choose both.

Science has sometimes been said to be opposed to faith, and inconsistent with it. But...

Science has sometimes been said to be opposed to faith, and inconsistent with it. But...

To murder character is as truly a crime as to murder the body: the tongue...

To murder character is as truly a crime as to murder the body: the tongue...

We should be as careful of the books we read, as of the company we...

We should be as careful of the books we read, as of the company we...

To waken interest and kindle enthusiasm is the sure way to teach easily and successfully.

To waken interest and kindle enthusiasm is the sure way to teach easily and successfully.

What we gave, we have; What we spent, we had; What we left, we lost.

What we gave, we have; What we spent, we had; What we left, we lost.

The secret of a good memory is attention, and attention to a subject depends upon...

The secret of a good memory is attention, and attention to a subject depends upon...

Mystery is another name for our ignorance; if we were omniscient, all would be perfectly...

Mystery is another name for our ignorance; if we were omniscient, all would be perfectly...

Facts are God's arguments; we should be careful never to misunderstand or pervert them

Facts are God's arguments; we should be careful never to misunderstand or pervert them

High aims form high characters, and great objects bring out great minds.

High aims form high characters, and great objects bring out great minds.

Most controversies would soon be ended, if those engaged in them would first accurately define...

Most controversies would soon be ended, if those engaged in them would first accurately define...

Sin with the multitude, and your responsibility and guilt are as great and as truly...

Sin with the multitude, and your responsibility and guilt are as great and as truly...

Facts are God's arguments; we should be careful never to misunderstand or pervert them

Facts are God's arguments; we should be careful never to misunderstand or pervert them

He that is possessed with a prejudice is possessed with a devil, and one of...

He that is possessed with a prejudice is possessed with a devil, and one of...

I'm interested in the fact that the less secure a man is, the more likely...

I'm interested in the fact that the less secure a man is, the more likely...

Prejudice is a raft onto which the shipwrecked mind clambers and paddles to safety

Prejudice is a raft onto which the shipwrecked mind clambers and paddles to safety