"Travel and society polish one, but a rolling stone gathers no moss, and a little moss is a good thing on a man."
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"O bluebird, welcome back again, Thy azure coat and ruddy vest, Are hues that April loveth best."
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"Love is the measure of life; only so far as we love do we really live."
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"A somebody was once a nobody who wanted to and did."
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"It is the life of the crystal, the architect of the flake, the fire of the frost, the soul of the sunbeam. This crisp winter air is full of it."
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"We are made strong by what we overcome."
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"I want nothing less than a faith founded upon a rock, faith in the constitution of things. The various man-made creeds are fictitious, like the constellations Orion, Cassiopeia’s Chair, the Big Dipper; the only thing real in them is the stars, and the only thing real in the creeds is the soul’s aspiration toward the Infinite."
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"Science has done more for the development of western civilization in one hundred years than Christianity did in eighteen hundred years."
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"He who marvels at the beauty of the world in summer will find equal cause for wonder and admiration in winter."
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"Joy in the universe, and keen curiosity about it all - that has been my religion."
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"Do not despise your own place and hour. Every place is under the stars, every place is the center of the world."
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"Serene, I fold my hands and wait, Nor care for wind, nor tide, nor sea; I rave no more 'gainst time or fate, For lo! my own shall come to me."
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"If you want to see birds, you must have birds in your heart."
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"Nature is not benevolent; Nature is just, gives pound for pound, measure for measure, makes no exceptions, never tempers her decrees with mercy, or winks at any infringement of her laws."
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"If I were to name the three most precious resources of life, I should say books, friends, and nature."
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"The secret of happiness is something to do."
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"Nothing relieves and ventilates the mind like a resolution."
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"The fisherman has a harmless, preoccupied look; he is a kind of vagrant, that nothing fears. He blends himself with the trees and the shadows. All his approaches are gentle and indirect. He times himself to the meandering, soliloquizing stream; he addresses himself to it as a lover to his mistress; he woos it and stays with it till he knows its hidden secrets. Where it deepens his purpose deepens; where it is shallow he is indifferent. He knows how to interpret its every glance and dimple; its beauty haunts him for days."
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"The International Court of Justice (a.k.a. World Court) is the judicial branch of the United Nations and in the early 1990's a campaign started and it was supported by civil society non-governmental groups around the world."
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"Every walk to the woods is a religious rite, every bath in the stream is a saving ordinance. Communion service is at all hours, and the bread and wine are from the heart and marrow of Mother Earth."
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