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He that planteth a tree is the servant of God,
He provideth a kindness for many generations,
And faces that he hath not seen shall bless him.

— Henry van Dyke

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What we do belongs to what we are; and what we are is what becomes of us.

Raise the stone, and thou shalt find me; cleave the wood and there am I.

Self is the only prison that can ever bind the soul.

Christ never asks us to give up merely for the sake of giving up, but always in order to win something better.

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