We have used the Bible as if it were a mere special constable's handbook, an opium dose for keeping beasts of burden patient while they are overloaded.

Quote by Charles Kingsley

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Being forced to work, and forced to do your best, will breed in you temperance...

Being forced to work, and forced to do your best, will breed in you temperance...

Happiness is what happens to us when we try to make someone else happy.

Happiness is what happens to us when we try to make someone else happy.

Every Winter, When the great sun has turned his face away, The earth goes down...

Every Winter, When the great sun has turned his face away, The earth goes down...

Be good, sweet maid, and let who will be clever; Do noble things, not dream...

Be good, sweet maid, and let who will be clever; Do noble things, not dream...

It is only the great hearted who can be true friends. The mean and cowardly,...

It is only the great hearted who can be true friends. The mean and cowardly,...

Except a living man, there is nothing more wonderful than a book.

Except a living man, there is nothing more wonderful than a book.

He was one of those men who possess almost every gift, except the gift of...

He was one of those men who possess almost every gift, except the gift of...

We ought to reverence books; to look on them as useful and mighty things. If...

We ought to reverence books; to look on them as useful and mighty things. If...

Have thy tools ready. God will find thee work.

Have thy tools ready. God will find thee work.

Pain is no evil, unless it conquers us.

Pain is no evil, unless it conquers us.

Pain is no evil, unless it conquers us

Pain is no evil, unless it conquers us

Feelings are like chemicals, the more you analyze them the worse they smell.

Feelings are like chemicals, the more you analyze them the worse they smell.

Do noble things, not dream them all day long.

Do noble things, not dream them all day long.

All we need to make us really happy is something to be enthusiastic about.

All we need to make us really happy is something to be enthusiastic about.

There is a great deal of human nature in man.

There is a great deal of human nature in man.

Some say that the age of chivalry is past, that the spirit of romance is...

Some say that the age of chivalry is past, that the spirit of romance is...

There are two freedoms; The false, where man is free to do what he likes;...

There are two freedoms; The false, where man is free to do what he likes;...

Except a living man, there is nothing more wonderful than a book.

Except a living man, there is nothing more wonderful than a book.

The world goes up and the world goes down, the sunshine follows the rain; and...

The world goes up and the world goes down, the sunshine follows the rain; and...

There are two freedoms - the false, where a man is free to do what...

There are two freedoms - the false, where a man is free to do what...