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A transcendent being can be any miracle.
A transcendent being can be any miracle.
Loving people live in a loving world. Hostile people live in a hostile
world. Same world.
Loving people live in a loving world. Hostile people live in a hostile
world. Same world.
He who hesitates is probably right.
He who hesitates is probably right.
Be smart, but never show it.
Be smart, but never show it.
The world is not to be put in order; the world is order, incarnate. It is for us to harmonize read more
The world is not to be put in order; the world is order, incarnate. It is for us to harmonize with this order.
On a single winged word hath hung the destiny of nations.
On a single winged word hath hung the destiny of nations.
To endure is greater than to dare; to tire out hostile fortune; to be daunted by no difficulty; to keep read more
To endure is greater than to dare; to tire out hostile fortune; to be daunted by no difficulty; to keep heart when all have lost it -- who can say this is not greatness?
In some sense man is a microcosm of the universe; therefore what man is,
is a clue to the universe. read more
In some sense man is a microcosm of the universe; therefore what man is,
is a clue to the universe. We are enfolded in the universe.
The reason for the slow progress of the world seems to lie in a single fact. Every man is born read more
The reason for the slow progress of the world seems to lie in a single fact. Every man is born under the yoke, and grows up beneath the oppressions of his age. He can only get a vision of the unselfish forces in the world by appealing to them, and every appeal is a call to arms. If he fights he must fight, not one man, but a conspiracy. He is always at war with a civilization. On his side is proverbial philosophy, a galaxy of invisible saints and sages, and the half-developed consciousness and professions of everybody. Against him is the world, and every selfish passion in his own heart.