“Perfect love casteth out fear, the Bible says; but, to speak it reverently, so does perfect hate.”
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“The robe of flesh wears thin, and with the years God shines through all things.”
“I believe everything out of the common. The only thing to distrust is the normal.”
“A fool tries to look different: a clever man looks the same and is different.”
“In a tangle of duties a man must seize the solitary clear one.”
“Every man at the bottom of his heart believes that he is a born detective.”
“Civilisation wins because it is a world-wide league; its enemies fail because they are parochial.”
“Though nature is wasteful of material things, there is no waste of spirit.”
“Truth's like a dollar-piece, it's got two sides, and both are wanted to make it good currency.”
“There never was a dispute between mortals where both sides hadn't a bit of right.”
“He disliked emotion, not because he felt lightly, but because he felt deeply.”
“To live for a time close to great minds is the best kind of education.”
“We had our pride shattered, and without humility there can be no humanity.”
“Mirth is better than Fun & Happiness is better than Mirth.”
“As a man is, So he Sees. As the Eye is formed, such are its Powers.”
“Can Wisdom be put in a silver rod? / Or Love in a golden bowl?”
“If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear to man as it is: infinite.”