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"Unless we form the habit of going to the Bible in bright moments as well as in trouble, we cannot fully respond to its consolations because we lack equilibrium between light and darkness."
"The true test of a character is to face hard conditions with the determination to make them better."
"Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood."
"We, the people, are not free. Our democracy is but a name. We vote? What does that mean? It means we choose between Tweedledee and Tweedledum. We elect expensive masters to do our work for us, and then blame them because they work for themselves and for their class."
"Faith is the strength by which a shattered world shall emerge into the light."
"No pessimist ever discovered the secret of the stars, or sailed to an uncharted land, or opened a new doorway for the human spirit."
"Doubts and mistrust are the mere panic of timid imagination, which the steadfast heart will conquer, and the large mind transcend."
"I could never stay long enough on the shore; the tang of the untainted, fresh, and free sea air was like a cool, quieting thought."
"Face your deficiencies and acknowledge them; but do not let them master you. Let them teach you patience, sweetness, insight."
"The simplest way to be happy is to do good."
"If I, deaf, blind, find life rich and interesting, how much more can you gain by the use of your five senses!"
"The most pathetic person in the world is someone who has sight, but has no vision."
"Once I knew only darkness and stillness... my life was without past or future... but a little word from the fingers of another fell into my hand that clutched at emptiness, and my heart leaped to the rapture of living."
"Until the great mass of the people shall be filled with the sense of responsibility for each other's welfare, social justice can never be attained."
"A simple, childlike faith in a Divine Friend solves all the problems that come to us by land or sea"
"Next to a leisurely walk I enjoy a spin on my tandem bicycle. It is splendid to feel the wind blowing in my face and the springy motion of my iron steed. The rapid rush through the air gives me a delicious sense of strength and buoyancy, and the exercise makes my pulse dance and my heart sing."
"I look upon the whole world as my fatherland, and every war has to me the horror of a family feud."
"Self-pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it, we can never do anything wise in this world."
"I never fight, except against difficulties."
"For three things I thank God every day of my life: thanks that he has vouchsafed me knowledge of his works; deep thanks that he has set in my darkness the lamp of faith; deep, deepest thanks that I have another life to look forward to--a life joyous with light and flowers and heavenly song."