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"Each day is a branch of the Tree of Life laden heavily with fruit. If we lie down lazily beneath it, we may starve; but if we shake the branches, some of the fruit will fall for us."
"O beautiful, awful summer day, what hast thou given, what taken away?"
"The holiest of holidays are those kept by ourselves in silence and apart; The secret anniversaries of the heart."
"I venerate old age; and I love not the man who can look without emotion upon the sunset of life, when the dusk of evening begins to gather over the watery eye, and the shadows of twilight grow broader and deeper upon the understanding."
"How beautiful the silent hour, when morning and evening thus sit together, hand in hand, beneath the starless sky of midnight!"
"Sorrow and silence are strong, and patient endurance is godlike."
"I heard the bells on Christmas Day Their old, familiar carols play, And wild and sweet The words repeat Of peace on earth, good-will to men!"
"Nothing that is can pause or stay."
"The dawn is not distant, nor is the night starless; love is eternal."
"O thou child of many prayers! Life hath quicksands, Life hath snares! Care and age come unawares!"
"People demand freedom only when they have no power."
"Be thy sleep Silent as night is, and as deep."
"To say the least, a town life makes one more tolerant and liberal in one's judgment of others."
"The spirit-world around this world of sense Floats like an atmosphere, and everywhere Wafts through these earthly mists and vapours dense A vital breath of more ethereal air."
"Men should soon make up their minds to be forgotten, and look about them, or within them, for some higher motive in what they do than the approbation of men, which is fame, namely, their duty; that they should be constantly and quietly at work, each in his sphere, regardless of effects, and leaving their fame to take care of itself."
"The Devil hinders me. You know I say Just what I think, and nothing more nor less, And, when I pray, my heart is in my prayer. I cannot say one thing and mean another. If I can't pray, I will not make believe!"
"Where'er a noble deed is wrought, Where'er is spoken a noble thought, Our hearts in glad surprise To higher levels rise."
"Thus at the flaming forge of life Our fortunes must be wrought; Thus on its sounding anvil shaped Each burning deed and thought!"
"The holiest of all holidays are those Kept by ourselves in silence and apart; The secret anniversaries of the heart, When the full river of feeling overflows;- The happy days unclouded to their close; The sudden joys that our of darkness start As flames from ashes; swift desires that dart Like swallows singing down each wind that blows!"
"Talk not of wasted affection - affection never was wasted."