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 How delicious is the winning of a kiss at love's beginning.  Nowhere can we get to know the holiness of God, and come under His influence and power, except in the inner chamber. It has been well said: "No man can expect to make progress in holiness who is not often and long alone with God." The highest wisdom is continual cheerfulness; such a state, like the region above the moon, is always clear and serene. When you look on one of your contemporary 'good copies' of historical remains, ask yourself the question: Not what style, but in what civilization is this building? And the absurdity, vulgarity, anachronism and solecism of the modern structure will be revealed to you in a most startling fashion. Don't get hung up on a snag in the stream, my dear. Snags are not so dangerous-it's the debris that clings to them that makes the trouble. Pull yourself loose and go on. Falsehoods not only disagree with truths, but usually quarrel among themselves. When God made up this world of ours, He made it long and wide, And meant that it should shelter all, And none should be denied. Admitting error clears the score, and proves you wiser than before. It is a wise child that knows its own father, and an unusual one that unreservedly approves of him. People need joy quite as much as clothing. Some of them need it far more. God gave us memory that we might have roses in December. Life is the only real counselor. Wisdom unfiltered through personal experience does not become a part of the moral tissue. Failure is not our only punishment for laziness: there is also the success of others. My wife loves Europe, but to me it's a bad day at a theme park. - Jay Leno Self-esteem isn't everything; it's just that there's nothing without it. The secret of living is to find ... the pivot of a concept on which you can make your stand. Rich gifts wax poor when givers prove unkind. Man cannot remake himself without suffering, for he is both the marble and the sculptor. Psychiatry is the care of the id by the odd. Alas!, how light a cause may move dissention between hearts that love! 
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