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There is no human life so poor and small as not to hold many a divine possibility.

— James Martineau

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There is no room in the universe for the least contempt or pride; but only for a gentle and a reverent heart.

Hours of Thought on Sacred Things (1879)

Trust arises from the mind's instinctive feeling after fixed realities, after the substance of every shadow, the base of all appearance, the everlasting amid change.

Hours of Thought on Sacred Things (1879)

God loves our mercy to one another; but not upon conditions at variance with sanctity to Him.

Religion is no more possible without prayer than poetry without language, or music without atmosphere.

We can neither change nor overpower God's eternal suffrage against selfishness and meanness.

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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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