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"Nearness to God is common to us all, Because we're all created and sustained by God, But only the authentically noble Possess and live that nearness That's a constant upswelling passion of love."
"Some noble spirits mistake despair for content."
"The slight reproach to which the virtue of patriotism is commonly liable, the noble are most likely to incur."
"A noble type of good. Heroic womanhood."
"And in the wreck of noble lives Something immortal still survives."
"While every noble morality develops from a triumphant affirmation of itself, slave morality from the outset says No to what is "outside," what is "different," what is "not itself"; and this No is its creative deed."
"He who requires urging to do a noble act will never accomplish it."
"Still this planet's soil for noble deeds grants scope abounding."
"A noble soul alone can noble souls attract; And knows alone, as ye, to hold them."
"If thou wouldst hear what seemly is and fit, inquire of noble woman; they can tell, who in life's common usage hold their place by graceful deed and aptly chosen word."
"No art can be noble which is incapable of expressing thought, and no art is capable of expressing thought which does not change."
"The joy which is caused by truth and noble thoughts shows itself in the words by which they are expressed."
"In mortals there is a care for trifles which proceeds from love and conscience, and is most holy; and a care for trifles which comes of idleness and frivolity, and is most base. And so, also, there is a gravity proceeding from thought, which is most noble; and a gravity proceeding from dulness and mere incapability of enjoyment, which is most base."
"It seems a fantastic paradox, but it is nevertheless a most important truth, that no architecture can be truly noble which is not imperfect."
"Truth is something so noble that if God could turn aside from it, I could keep the truth and let God go."
"No noble thing can be done without risks."
"To think truly is noble and to be deceived is base."
"Literature is the most noble of professions. In fact, it is about the only one fit for a man."
"The age-old and noble thought of 'I will lay down my life to save another,' is nothing more than cowardice."
"It's a privilege to serve the poor, to be servants of noble Africans, but I better belong in the rehearsal room or in the studio with my band. That's where I want to be and I still wake up in the morning with melodies in my head."
