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There is enough in the world for everyone's need, but not enough for everyone's greed.
There is enough in the world for everyone's need, but not enough for everyone's greed.
I conjure you, my brethren, to remain faithful to earth, and do not believe those who speak unto you of read more
I conjure you, my brethren, to remain faithful to earth, and do not believe those who speak unto you of superterrestrial hopes! Poisoners they are, whether they know it or not.
The earth is given as a common for men to labor and live in.
The earth is given as a common for men to labor and live in.
Heaven lent you a soul Earth will lend a grave.
Heaven lent you a soul Earth will lend a grave.
We are, perhaps, uniquely among the earth's creatures, the worrying animal. We worry away our lives, fearing the future, discontent read more
We are, perhaps, uniquely among the earth's creatures, the worrying animal. We worry away our lives, fearing the future, discontent with the present, unable to take in the idea of dying, unable to sit still.
Ask yourself whether the dream of heaven and greatness should be waiting for us in our graves - or whether read more
Ask yourself whether the dream of heaven and greatness should be waiting for us in our graves - or whether it should be ours here and now and on this earth.
Nothing on earth is so well-suited to make the sad merry, the merry sad, to give courage to the despairing, read more
Nothing on earth is so well-suited to make the sad merry, the merry sad, to give courage to the despairing, to make the proud humble, to lessen envy and hate, as music
I confess that I love him, I rejoice that I love him, I thank the maker of Heaven and Earth read more
I confess that I love him, I rejoice that I love him, I thank the maker of Heaven and Earth that gave him to me. The exultation floods me.
How far must suffering and misery go before we see that even in the day of vast cities and powerful read more
How far must suffering and misery go before we see that even in the day of vast cities and powerful machines, the good earth is our mother and that if we destroy her, we destroy ourselves?