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I hold every man's faith so sacred, that no other man has a right to interfere with it, or to question it. The matter lies solely between himself and his Maker.

— Dinah Craik John Halifax, Gentleman (1856)

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Meek — as the meek that shall inherit earth,
Pure — as the pure in heart that shall see God.

Thirty Years, Being Poems New and Old (1880)

Let every one of us cultivate, in every word that issues from our mouth, absolute truth.

A Woman's Thoughts About Women (1858)

Do you recognize what you were born to be? Not only a nobleman, but a gentleman; not only a gentleman, but a man — man, made in the image of God.

John Halifax, Gentleman (1856)

There never was night that had no morn.

Thirty Years, Being Poems New and Old (1880)

Happiness is not an end — it is only a means, and adjunct, a consequence.

A Woman's Thoughts About Women (1858)

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

William James The Will to Believe and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy (1897)

Question with boldness even the existence of a god; because, if there be one, he must more approve the homage of reason, than that of blindfolded fear.

Thomas Jefferson Letter to Peter Carr (1787)

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

Colin Wilson Postscript to the Outsider (1967)

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

Jonathan Edwards Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)

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