"The soul contains the event that shall befall it, for the event is only the actualization of its thoughts; and what we pray to ourselves for is always granted."
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"We go to Europe to be Americanized."
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"The "times," "the age" what is that, but a few profound persons and a few active persons who epitomize the times?"
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"As long as any man exists, there is some need of him."
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"Meek young men grow up in colleges and believe it is their duty to accept the views which books have given, and grow up slaves."
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"Everything is prospective, and man is to live hereafter. That the world is for his education is the only sane solution of the enigma."
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"It is in bad taste," is the most formidable word an Englishman can pronounce."
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"If we meet no gods, it is because we harbor none. If there is grandeur in you, you will find grandeur in porters and sweeps."
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"Wait, and thy soul shall speak."
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"It is a tie between men to have read the same book."
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"We seldom see anybody who is not uneasy or afraid to live."
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"If the red slayer think he slays, Or if the slain think he is slain, They know not well the subtle ways, I keep and pass and turn again."
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"The gates of thought, - how slow and late they discover themselves! Yet when they appear, we see that they were always there, always open."
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"He presents me with what is always an acceptable gift who brings me news of a great thought before unknown. He enriches me without impoverishing himself."
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"They have seen but half the universe who never have been shown the house of pain."
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"The less a man thinks or knows about his virtues, the better we like him."
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"Nature is upheld by antagonism. Passions, resistance, danger, are educators. We acquire the strength we have overcome."
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"No picture of life can have any veracity that does not admit the odious facts. A man's power is hooped in by a necessity, which, by many experiments, he touches on every side, until he learns its arc."
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"Jesus Christ belonged to the true race of the prophets. He saw with an open eye the mystery of the soul. . Alone in all history he estimated the greatness of man."
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"You must hear the birds song without attempting to render it into nouns and verbs."
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