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Faith is the key that unlocks the cabinet of God's treasures; the king's messenger from the celestial world, to bring all the supplies we need out of the fullness that there is in Christ.

— James Stephens Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)

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Curiosity will conquer fear even more than bravery will.

The duty of a lyrical poet is not to express or explain, it is to intensify life.

Never be a servant in your heart. To work is nothing; the king on his throne, the priest kneeling before the Holy Altar, all people in all places had to work, but no person at all need be a servant.

Finality is death. Perfection is finality. Nothing is perfect. There are lumps in it.

I would think
Until I found
Something
I can never find;
– Something
Lying
On the ground,
In the bottom
Of my mind.

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I had never doubted my own abilities, but I was quite prepared to believe that "the world" would decline to recognize them.

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Love is the active, working principle in all true faith. It is its very soul, without which it is dead. "Faith works by love."

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