"A strong person makes the law and custom null before his own will."
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"Courage is temperamental, scientific, ideal."
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"We see God face to face every hour, and know the savor of Nature."
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"Beware when the great God lets loose a thinker on this planet."
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"Truth, and goodness, and beauty, are but different faces of the same All"
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"Every great institution is the lengthened shadow of a single man. His character determines the character of the organization."
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"As men's prayers are a disease of the will, so are their creeds a disease of the intellect."
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"If the tongue had not been framed for articulation, man would still be a beast in the forest."
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"I have heard that whoever loves is in no condition old."
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"In analysing history do not be too profound, for often the causes are quite superficial."
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"The man is only half himself, the other half is his expression."
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"Few people have any next, they live from hand to mouth without a plan, and are always at the end of their line."
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"If you believe in fate, believe in it, at least, for your good."
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"There is no strong performance without a little fanaticism in the performer."
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"Nothing is secure but life, transition, the energizing spirit."
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"We ask for long life, but 'tis deep life, or noble moments that signify. Let the measure of time be spiritual, not mechanical."
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"Everything in the universe goes by indirection. There are no straight lines."
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"Sanity is very rare; every man almost and every woman has a dash of madness."
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"Every thought which genius and piety throw into the world alters the world."
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"We ascribe beauty to that which is simple; which has no superfluous parts; which exactly answers its end; which stands related to all things; which is the mean of many extremes."
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