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Life is before you,— not earthly life alone, but life— a thread running interminably through the warp of eternity.

— Josiah Gilbert Holland

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God be thanked that there are some in the world to whose hearts the barnacles will not cling.

Power in its measure and degree is the measure of manhood.

The love that gushes for all is the real elixir of life — the fountain of bodily longevity. It is the lack of this that always produces the feeling of age.

The fact is that sin is the most unmanly thing in God's world. You never were made for sin and selfishness. You were made for love and obedience.

The heart is wiser than the intellect.

Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)

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Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact.

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Reason is Life's sole arbiter, the magic Laby'rinth's single clue:
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It is the law of life that if you are kind to someone you feel happy. If you are cruel you are unhappy. And if you hurt someone, you will be hurt back.

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