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"In the spirit of faith let us begin each day, and we shall be sure to " redeem the time " which it brings to us, by changing it into something definite and eternal. There is a deep meaning in this phrase of the apostle, to redeem time. We redeem time, and do not merely use it. We transform it into eternity by living it aright."
"One of the great disadvantages of hurry is that it takes such a long time."
"Must be out-of-doors enough to get experience of wholesome reality, as a ballast to thought and sentiment. Health requires this relaxation, this aimless life."
"The true finish is the work of time, and the use to which a thing is put. The elements are still polishing the pyramids."
"Methuselah lived to be 969 years old . You boys and girls will see more in the next fifty years than Methuselah saw in his whole lifetime."
"The first time a student realizes that a little learning is a dangerous thing is when he brings home a poor report card."
"When a work appears to be ahead of its time, it is only the time that is behind the work."
"We can no longer afford to spend major time on minor things than spend minor time on major things."
"The destiny of any nation at any given time depends on the opinion of its young people, those under twenty-five."
"However often we turn to it [the Koran] at first disgusting us each time afresh, it soon attracts, astounds, and in the end enforces our reverence. . . . Its style, in accordance with its contents and aim is stern, grand, terrible - ever and anon truly sublime - Thus this book will go on exercising through all ages a most potent influence."
"Death is a commingling of eternity with time; in the death of a good man, eternity is seen looking through time."
"There are those who regard this history of past strife and exile as better forgotten. But, to use the phrase of Yeats, let us not casually reduce "that great past to a trouble of fools." For we need not feel the bitterness of the past to discover its meaning for the present and the future."
"And therein lies the whole of man's plight. Human time does not turn in a circle; it runs ahead in a straight line. That is why man cannot be happy: happiness is the longing for repetition."
"Ask others about themselves, at the same time, be on guard not to talk too much about yourself."
"You may as well borrow a person's money as his time."
"Thinking is a bit uncomfortable, but you'll get used to it. A matter of time and practice."
"What might be taken for a precocious genius is the genius of childhood. When the child grows up, it disappears without a trace. It may happen that this boy will become a real painter some day, or even a great painter. But then he will have to begin everything again, from zero."
"What's that as flies without wings, your ladyship? Time! Time!"
"The humans live in time but our Enemy (God) destines them for eternity."
"The present is the only time in which any duty may be done or grace received."
