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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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...

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...

There is a great deal of human nature in man.

There is a great deal of human nature in man.

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,...

Do noble things, not dream them all day long.

Do noble things, not dream them all day long.

A man may learn from his Bible to be a more thorough gentleman than if...

A man may learn from his Bible to be a more thorough gentleman than if...

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.

Pain is no evil, unless it conquers us.

Pain is no evil, unless it conquers us.

Beauty is God's handwriting.

Beauty is God's handwriting.

Do noble things, not dream them all day long: And so make Life, Death, and...

Do noble things, not dream them all day long: And so make Life, Death, and...

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 act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when all...

We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when all...

Be good, sweet maid, and let who will be clever.

Be good, sweet maid, and let who will be clever.

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.

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...

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

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

There's no use doing a kindness if you do it a day too late.

There's no use doing a kindness if you do it a day too late.

Have thy tools ready. God will find thee work.

Have thy tools ready. God will find thee work.