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Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and nations.
Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and nations.
I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, read more
I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy.
Consciously or unconsciously, everyone of us does render some service or another. If we cultivate the habit of doing this read more
Consciously or unconsciously, everyone of us does render some service or another. If we cultivate the habit of doing this service deliberately, our desire for service will steadily grow stronger, and it will make not only for our own happiness, but that of the world at large.
Whoever teaches his son teaches not alone his son but also his son's son, and so on to the end read more
Whoever teaches his son teaches not alone his son but also his son's son, and so on to the end of generations
All generalizations are dangerous, even this one.
All generalizations are dangerous, even this one.
I know of no great men except those who have rendered great service to the human race.
I know of no great men except those who have rendered great service to the human race.
Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new.
Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new.
Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got a hold read more
Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got a hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it onto future generations.
Nothing separates the generations more than music. By the time a child is eight or nine, he has developed a read more
Nothing separates the generations more than music. By the time a child is eight or nine, he has developed a passion for his own music that is even stronger than his passions for procrastination and weird clothes.