,illustration3 ,,edwin ,,markham ,come1 let us live the poetry we sing4 ,,thoughts ,selected from the ,writings of ,favorite ,authors ,,by ,ladies of ,fabiola ,hospital ,association ,oakland1 ,california ,illustration ,,new ,,york3 ,,dodge ,,publishing ,,company #ec and #ee ,fifth ,avenue ,the ,compilers acknowledge with grateful thanks the courtesy of ,messrs4 ,houghton1 ,mifflin and ,company2 ,dodd1 ,mead and ,company 7for selections from ,hamilton ,wright ,mabie's 8,before ,my ,library ,fire10 8,in the ,forest of ,arden10 and other publications72 ,little1 ,brown and ,company 7selections from ,lilian ,whiting's 8,from ,dreamland ,sent10 8,the ,world ,beautiful10 ,first1 ,second and ,third ,series1 and other publications71 and others in allowing insertion of selections from works of which they own the copyright4 ,thoughts4 #d ,copyrighted1 #aija1 by ,,jessie ,k4 ,,freeman and ,,sarah ,s4 ,b4 ,,yule4 ,the pleasantest things in the world are pleasant thoughts1 and the great art in life is to have as many of them as possible4--,bove4 ,to get peace1 if you do want it1 make for yourselves nests of pleasant thoughts4 ,none of us yet knows1 for none of us has been taught in early youth1 what fairy palaces we may build of beautiful thoughts--proof against all adversity4 ,bright fancies1 satisfied memories1 noble histories1 faithful sayings1 treasure-houses of precious and restful thoughts1 which care cannot disturb1 nor pain make gloomy1 nor poverty take away from us--houses built without hands for our souls to live in4--,ruskin4 ,i saw the mountains stand ,silent1 wonderful1 and grand1 ,looking out across the land ,when the golden light was falling ,on distant dome and spire2 ,and ,i heard a low voice calling1 8,come up higher1 come up higher1 ,from the lowland and the mire1 ,from the mist of earth desire1 ,from the vain pursuit of pelf1 ,from the attitude of self2 ,come up higher1 come up higher40 --,james ,g4 ,clarke4 ,the thrift of time will repay in after life with usury of profit beyond your most sanguine dreams1 and waste of it will make you dwindle alike in intellectual and moral stature beyond your darkest reckoning4--,gladstone4 ,never bear more than one kind of trouble at a time4 ,some people bear three--all they have had1 all they have now1 and all they expect to have4--,edward ,everett ,hale4 ,age is opportunity no less ,than youth itself1 though in another dress2 ,and as the evening twilight fades away ,the sky is filled with stars invisible by day4 --,longfellow4 ,if there is any person to whom you feel dislike1 that is the person of whom you ought never to speak4--,r4 ,cecil4 ,the great thing in the world is not so much where we stand1 as in what direction we are moving4--,oliver ,wendell ,holmes4 ,in nature there is no blemish but the mind2--none can be called deformed but the unkind4--,shakespeare4 8,you never can tell what your thoughts will do1 ,in bringing you hate or love2 ,for thoughts are things1 and their airy wings ,are swifter than carrier doves4 ,they follow the law of the universe1-- ,each thing must create its kind2 ,and they speed o'er the track to bring you back ,whatever went out from your mind40 ,do the duty which lies nearest thee1 which thou knowest to be a duty4 ,thy second duty will already have become clearer4--,carlyle4 ,we need a revival of the individual4 ,the question is not1 ,what are they doing8--but1 ,what am ,i doing8 ,not1 ,why do you not do this1 that1 or the other8--but1 ,why am not ,i doing this1 that1 or the other8--,jenkin ,lloyd ,jones4 ,that man is blessed who every day is permitted to behold anything so pure and serene as the western sky at sunset1 while revolutions vex the world4--,henry ,d4 ,thoreau4 ,there's life alone in duty done1 ,and rest alone in striving4 --,whittier4 ,it is a matter of economy to be happy1 to view life and all its conditions from the brightest angle2 it enables one to seize life at its very best4 ,it expands the soul4--,h4 ,w4 ,dresser4 ,to educate the heart1 one must be willing to go out of himself1 and to come into loving contact with ,others4--,james ,freeman ,clarke4 ,associate reverently1 and as much as you can1 with your loftiest thought4--,henry ,d4 ,thoreau4 ,this question then is ours--are we doing our part in the growth of the race8 ,in the current of life are we moving forward8 ,do our years mark milestones in humanity's struggle towards perfection8 ,is the ,god within us so much more unrolled1 when our development has reached its highest point8 ,can we transmit to our children a better heritage of brain and soul than our fathers left to us8 ,has the race through us gained some little in the direction of the law of love8 ,if we have done our part in this struggle our lives have not been in vain4--,david ,starr ,jordan4 ,virgil said of the winning crew in his boat-race1 8,they can1 because they believe they can40 ,let us be of good cheer1 remembering that the misfortunes hardest to bear are those which never come4--,lowell4 ,to be wise we must first learn to be happy3 for those who can finally issue forth from self by the portal of happiness1 know infinitely wider freedom than those who pass through the gate of sadness4--,maurice ,materlinck4 ,when we humor our weaknesses they force themselves continually upon our attention1 like spoiled children4 ,when we assert our mastery of ourselves and compel its recognition1 we stand secure in our sovereign rights4--,chas4 ,b4 ,newcomb4 ,put away all sarcasm from your speech4 ,never complain4 ,do not prophesy evil4 ,have a good word for everyone1 or else keep silent4--,henry ,ward ,beecher4 ,boys flying kites haul in their white winged birds1 ,you can't do that way when you're flying words4 ,thoughts unexpressed may sometimes fall back dead1 ,but ,god himself can't stop them when they're said4 --,will ,carleton4 ,mould conditions aright1 and men will grow good to fit them4--,horace ,fletcher4 ,pride ,is littleness2 he who feels contempt ,for any living thing hath faculties ,which he has never used4 --,wordsworth4 ,treat your friends for what you know them to be4 ,regard no surfaces4 ,consider not what they did1 but what they intended4--,henry ,d4 ,thoreau4 ,small kindnesses1 small courtesies1 small considerations1 habitually practiced in our social intercourse1 give a greater charm to the character than the display of great talent and accomplishments4--,kelty4 ,i believe that the mind can be profaned by the habit of attending to trivial things1 so that all our thoughts shall be tinged with triviality4--,henry ,d4 ,thoreau4 ,don't hang a dismal picture on the wall1 and do not daub with sables and glooms in your conversation4 ,don't be a cynic and disconsolate preacher4--,emerson4 ,no good thing is failure and no evil thing success4--,w4 ,c4 ,gannett's favorite proverb4 ,wisdom is knowing what to do next2 ,skill is knowing how to do it1 and ,virtue is doing it4 --,david ,starr ,jordan4 ,always laugh when you can2 it is a cheap medicine4 ,merriment is a philosophy not well understood4 ,it is the sunny side of existence4--,byron4 ,if we are not responsible for the thoughts that pass our doors1 we are at least responsible for those we admit and entertain4--,charles ,b4 ,newcomb4 ,not for the crying1 ,not for the loud beseeching ,will peace draw near4 ,rest with palms folded1 ,rest with thine eyelids fallen1 ,lo6 peace is here4 --,e4 ,r4 ,sill4 ,would you remain always young1 and would you carry all joy and buoyancy of youth into your maturer years8 ,then have care concerning but one thing--how you live in your thought world4--,r4 ,w4 ,trine4 ,lord1 for to-morrow and its needs ,i do not pray1 ,help me from stain of sin ,just for to-day4 ,let me both diligently work ,and duly pray1 ,let me be kind in word and deed ,just for to-day4 ,let me be slow to do my will1 ,prompt to obey1 ,help me to sacrifice myself ,just for to-day4 ,let me no wrong or idle word ,unthinking say1 ,put ,thou ,thy seal upon my lips ,just for to-day4 ,so for to-morrow and its needs ,i do not pray1 ,but keep me1 guide me1 hold me1 ,lord1 ,just for to-day4 --,canon ,farrar4 ,to live in love is to live an everlasting youth4 ,whoever enters old age by this royal road will find the last of life to be the very best of life4 ,instead of finding himself descending the hills of life1 he will find it up-hill all the way1 into clearer air4 ,there the vision reaches further2 here the sunsets are more golden and the twilight lasts longer4--,mrs4 ,mary ,a4 ,livermore4 ,those who live on the mountain have a longer day than those who live in the valley4 ,sometimes all we need to brighten our day is to rise a little higher4--,rev4 ,s4 ,j4 ,barrows4 ,good luck is the willing handmaid of upright1 energetic character1 and conscientious observance of duty4--,james ,russell ,lowell4 ,the highest compact we can make with our fellow is1 let there be truth between us two forevermore4--,emerson4 ,unfaithfulness in the keeping of an appointment is an act of clear dishonesty4 ,you may as well borrow a person's money as his time4--,horace ,mann4 ,all service ranks the same with ,god-- ,there is no last nor first4 --,browning4 ,logic makes only one demand1 that of conscience4 ,but life makes a thousand4 ,the body wants health2 the imagination cries out for beauty2 and the heart for love4 ,pride asks for consideration2 the soul yearns for peace2 the conscience for holiness2 our whole being is athirst for happiness and for perfection4--,amiel4 ,what if it does look like rain1 it is fine now6--,william ,smith4 ,was there ever a wiser or more loving conspiracy than that which keeps the venerable figure of ,santa ,claus from slipping away1 with all the other old-time myths1 into the forsaken wonderland of the past8--,hamilton ,wright ,mabie4 ,mankind are always happier for having been happy4 ,so that if you make them happy now1 you make them happy twenty years hence by the memory of it4--,sydney ,smith4 ,never fancy you could be something if only you had a different lot and sphere assigned you4 ,the very things that you most deprecate1 as fatal limitations or obstructions1 are probably what you most want4 ,what you call hindrances1 obstacles1 discouragements1 are probably ,god's opportunities4--,horace ,bushnell4 ,who may not strive1 may yet fulfil ,the harder task of standing still1 ,and good but wished1 with ,god is done4 --,whittier4 ,happiness and the sense of victory are only for those who live for conscience and duty and the soul's higher ideals4--,newell ,dwight ,hillis4 8,try this for one day3--,think as though your thoughts were visible to all about you40 ,the world turns aside to let any man pass who knows whither he is going4--,david ,starr ,jordan4 ,beware lest thy friend learn to tolerate one frailty of thine1 and so an obstacle be raised to the progress of thy love4--,thoreau4 ,as soon as a stranger is introduced into any company1 one of the first questions which all wish to have answered1 is1 ,how does that man get his living8 ,and with reason2 every man is a consumer1 and ought to be a producer4 ,he fails to make his place good in the world unless he not only pays his debts but also adds something to the common wealth4--,emerson4 ,all impatience disturbs the circulation1 scatters force1 makes concentration difficult if not impossible4--,c4 ,b4 ,newcomb4 ,when the sun of joy is hidden ,and the sky is overcast1 ,just remember light is coming ,and a storm can never last4 --,j4 ,b4 ,smiley4 ,there is no music in a rest1 that ,i know of1 but there is the making of music in it4--,ruskin4 ,our lives are songs2 ,god writes the words1 ,and we set them to music at leisure3 ,and the song is sad1 or the song is glad ,as we choose to fashion the measure4 ,we must write the song1 ,whatever the words1 ,whatever its rhyme1 or meter2 ,and if it is sad1 we must make it glad1 ,and if sweet1 we must make it sweeter4 --,gibbon4 ,for what you find in these sweet days1 ,depends on how you go about it2 ,a glad heart helps poor eyes to see1 ,what brightest eyes can't see without it4 ,one child sees sunlit air and sky ,and bursting leaf buds1 round and ruddy2 ,another looks at his own feet1 ,and only sees that it is muddy6 --,henrietta ,r4 ,eliot4 ,the work of the world is done by few2 ,god asks that a part be done by you4 --,sarah ,k4 ,bolton4 ,this nation1 under ,god1 shall have a new birth of freedom1 and government of the people1 by the people1 for the people1 shall not perish from the earth4--,abraham ,lincoln4 ,we are haunted by an ideal life1 and it is because we have within us the beginning and the possibility of it4--,phillips ,brooks4 ,earth's crammed with heaven1 ,and every common bush afire with ,god4 --,e4 ,b4 ,browning4 ,thoughts are forces3 through their instrumentality we have in our grasp1 and as our rightful heritage1 the power of making life and all its manifold conditions exactly what we will4--,r4 ,w4 ,trine4 ,people seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character4--,emerson4 ,illustration3 ,,horatio ,,stebbins ,the understanding is the vestibule of the mind6 ,uncover thy head1 and enter the temple of the soul6 ,behold the power1 the beauty and the love6 ,if we had nothing but understanding1 how little should we know or think or feel6 ,blessed are the ,happiness ,makers4 ,blessed are they who know how to shine on one's gloom with their cheer4--,henry ,ward ,beecher4 ,the time will come when the civilized man will feel that the rights of every living creature on the earth are as sacred as his own4 ,anything short of this cannot be perfect civilization4--,david ,starr ,jordan4 ,search thine own heart4 ,what paineth thee ,in others1 in thyself may be2 ,all dust is frail1 all flesh is weak2 ,be thou the true man thou dost seek4 --,whittier4 ,beware of despairing about yourself4--,st4 ,augustine4 ,if you were born to honor1 show it now3 ,if put upon you1 make the judgment good ,that thought you worthy of it4 --,shakespeare4 ,then a voice within his breast ,whispered1 audible and clear3 8,do thy duty2 that is best2 ,leave unto the ,lord the rest60 --,longfellow4 8,there are loyal hearts1 there are spirits brave1 ,there are souls that are pure and true2 ,then give to the world the best you have1 ,and the best will come to you4 ,give love1 and love to your heart will flow1 ,a strength in your utmost need2 ,have faith1 and a score of hearts will show ,their faith in your word and deed40 ,fortune will call at the smiling gate4--,japanese ,proverb4 8,talk health2 the dreary never-ending tale ,of mortal maladies is worn and stale4 ,you cannot charm or interest or please ,by harping on that minor chord1 disease4 ,say you are well1 or all is well with you ,and ,god shall hear your words and make them true40 ,whenever you are angry1 be assured that it is not only a present evil1 but that you have increased a habit4--,epictetus4 ,how true it is that what we really see day by day depends less on the objects and scenes before our eyes than on the eyes themselves and the minds and hearts that use them4--,f4 ,d4 ,huntington4 ,you have not fulfilled every duty1 unless you have fulfilled that of being pleasant4--,charles ,buxton4 ,if ,i am not for myself who will be for me8 ,but if ,i am for myself alone what am ,i8 ,if not now--when8--,hillel4 ,i asked the ,new ,year for some motto sweet1 ,some rule of life by which to guide my feet2 ,i asked and paused4 ,it answered1 soft and low3 8,god's will to know40 8,will knowledge then suffice1 ,new ,year80 ,i cried2 ,but ere the question into silence died1 ,the answer came3 8,nay2 this remember1 too1 ,god's will to do40 8,to know2 to do2 can this be all we give ,to ,him in ,whom we are1 and move and live8 ,no more1 ,new ,year80 8,this1 too1 must be your care3 ,god's will to bear40 ,once more ,i asked3 8,is there still more to tell80 ,and once again the answer sweetly fell2 8,yea1 this one thing1 all other things above2 ,god's will to love40 --,j4 ,m4 ,c4 ,bouchard1 ,s4 ,j4 ,shun idleness1 it is the rust that attaches itself to the most brilliant metals4--,voltaire4 ,few men suspect how much mere talk fritters away spiritual energy--that which should be spent in action1 spends itself in words4 ,hence he who restrains that love of talk lays up a fund of spiritual strength4--,f4 ,w4 ,robertson4 ,truthfulness is the foundation of all personal excellence4 ,it exhibits itself in conduct4 ,it is rectitude1 truth in action1 and shines through every word and deed4--,samuel ,smiles4 ,the cry of the age is more for fraternity than for charity4 ,if one exists1 the other will follow1 or better still1 will not be needed4--,dr4 ,henry ,d4 ,chapin4 ,there is philosophy as well as philanthropy in the keeping in touch with all sweetness and love1 in the being swift to be kind4 ,this is living on the spiritual plane1 and spirituality is power4--,lilian ,whiting4 ,manners are the happy ways of doing things4 ,if they are superficial1 so are the dewdrops1 which give such a depth to the morning meadows4--,emerson4 ,being all fashioned of the self-same dust1 ,let us be merciful as well as just4 --,longfellow4 8,the man who never makes mistakes loses a great many chances to learn something40 ,why should a true and sincere appreciation be termed flattery1 and degraded to the level of insincere praise8 ,why should an individual be accused of acting from base and selfish policy because he feels the glow and warmth of social response8--,the ,world ,beautiful1 ,lilian ,whiting4 ,our power over others lies not so much in the amount of thought within us as in the power of bringing it out4--,w4 ,e4 ,channing4 ,could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other's eyes for an instant8--,thoreau4 ,why should we wear black for the guests of ,god8--,ruskin4 ,i always seek the good that is in people and leave the bad to ,him who made mankind and knows how to round off the corners4--,goethe's ,mother4 ,i am not concerned that ,i have no place1 ,i am concerned how ,i may fit myself for one4 ,i am not concerned that ,i am not known1 ,i seek to be worthy to be known4 --,confucius4 ,the sunrise never failed us yet4--,celia ,thaxter4 ,don't bewail and bemoan4 ,omit the negative propositions4 ,nerve us with incessant affirmations4 ,don't waste yourself in rejection1 nor bark against the bad1 but chant the beauty of the good4--,emerson4 ,how the sting of poverty1 or small means1 is gone when one keeps house for one's own comfort1 and not for the comfort of one's neighbors4--,dinah ,maria ,mulock4 ,culture is not an accident of birth1 although our surroundings advance or retard it2 it is always a matter of individual education4--,hamilton ,w4 ,mabie4 ,no man need hunt for his mission4 ,his mission comes to him4 ,it is not above1 it is not below1 it is not far--not to make happy human faces now and then among the children of misery1 but to keep happy human faces about us all the time4--,j4 ,f4 ,w4 ,ware4 ,god's best gift to us is not things1 but opportunities4--,alice ,w4 ,rollins4 ,whoever will prosper in any line of life must save his own time and do his own thinking4 ,he must spend neither time nor money which he has not earned4--,david ,starr ,jordan4 ,i pray you1 ,o excellent wife1 not to cumber yourself and me to get a rich dinner for this man or this woman who has alighted at our gate1 nor a bed-chamber made ready at too great a cost4 ,these things they can get for a dollar at any village4 ,but let this stranger1 if he will1 in your looks1 in your accent1 and behavior1 read your heart and earnestness1 your thought and will1 which he cannot buy at any price in any village or city1 and which he may well travel fifty miles and dine sparely and sleep hard in order to behold4 ,certainly1 let the board be spread and let the bed be dressed for the traveler2 but let not the emphasis of hospitality lie in these things4 ,honor to the house where they are simple to the verge of hardship1 so that there the intellect is awake and reads the laws of the ,universe4--,emerson4 ,illustration3 ,,john ,,vance ,,cheney ,the happiest heart that ever beat ,was in some quiet breast1 ,that found the common daylight sweet ,and left to heaven the rest4 8,the secret of the joy of living is the proper appreciation of what we actually possess40 ,so then believe that every bird that sings1 ,and every flower that stars the elastic sod1 ,and every thought the happy summer brings ,to the pure spirit is a word of ,god4--,coleridge4 ,thrust an ,emerson into any ,concord1 and his pungent presence will penetrate the entire region4 ,soon all who come within the radius of his life respond to his presence as flowers and trees respond with boughs1 brilliant and fragrant1 to the sunshine4 ,after a little1 each ,emerson stands girt about with ,hawthornes1 ,whittiers1 ,holmeses and ,lowells4--,newell ,dwight ,hillis4 ,make it your habit not to be critical about small things4--,edward ,everett ,hale4 ,the nobler life is just as possible to us all as that which is ignoble4 ,the moment one will assert his freedom from petty cares1 perplexities1 troubles1 and anxieties1 that moment they fall off of themselves4--,a ,study of ,mrs4 ,browning1 ,lilian ,whiting4 ,he approaches nearest to the gods who knows how to be silent even though he knows he is in the right4--,cato4 ,ah6 let us hope that to our praise ,good ,god not only reckons ,the moments when we tread ,his ways1 ,but when the spirit beckons-- ,that some slight good is also wrought ,beyond self-satisfaction1 ,when we are simply good in thought1 ,howe'er we fail in action4 --,lowell4 ,we need only obey4 ,there is guidance for each of us1 and by lowly listening1 we shall hear the right word4--,emerson4 ,when a man has not a good reason for doing a thing1 he has one reason for letting it alone4--,sir ,walter ,scott4 ,pure religion as taught by ,jesus ,christ is a life1 a growth1 a divine spirit within1 coming out in love and sympathy and helpfulness to our fellow-men4--,dr4 ,h4 ,w4 ,thomas4 ,be sure of the foundation of your life4 ,know why you live as you do4 ,be ready to give a reason for it4 ,do not1 in such a matter as life1 build on opinion or custom1 or what you guess is true4 ,make it a matter of certainty and science4--,thomas ,starr ,king4 ,nothing raises the price of a blessing like its removal2 whereas1 it was its continuance which should have taught us its value4--,hannah ,more4 ,the soul occupied with great ideas1 best performs small duties4--,james ,martineau4 ,christianity wants nothing so much in the world as sunny people1 and the old are hungrier for love than for bread4 ,the ,oil of ,joy is very cheap1 and if you can help the poor with a ,garment of ,praise1 it will be better for them than blankets4--,drummond4 ,you will find it less easy to uproot faults than to choke them by gaining virtues4 ,do not think of your faults1 still less of others' faults4 ,in every person who comes near you look for what is good and strong2 honor that2 rejoice in it2 and as you can1 try to imitate it2 and your faults will drop off like dead leaves1 when their time comes4--,ruskin4 ,when you hold persistently to the successful mental state1 you become a magnet drawing other people to aid you as you in return can aid them4 ,but if you are much of the time despondent and gloomy1 you become the negative magnet driving the best from you4--,prentice ,mulford4 ,there are two days about which nobody should ever worry1 and these are yesterday and to-morrow4--,robert ,j4 ,burdette4 ,a child1 however educated1 is still untaught if by his teaching we have not emphasized his individual character1 if we have not strengthened his will and its guide and guardian1 the mind4--,david ,starr ,jordan4 8,i am only a child who is lying ,on the bosom of ,infinite ,love4 ,i speak not of living or dying2 ,i know not of sorrow or crying2 ,my thoughts are dwelling above4 8,the spring of the life that is flowing ,is hidden with ,christ in ,god4 ,not yet the mystery knowing1 ,i feel that the peace is growing1 ,as a river grows deep and broad4 8,all ,i need without price ,i am buying ,by my trust in the ,goodness above4 ,there's an end to my yearning and sighing1 ,for just like a child ,i am lying ,on the bosom of ,infinite ,love40 ,the optimist1 by his superior wisdom and insight1 is making his own heaven1 and in the degree that he makes his own heaven1 is he helping to make one for all the world beside4--,r4 ,w4 ,trine4 ,do not let your head run upon that which is none of your own1 but pick out some of the best of your circumstances1 and consider how eagerly you would wish for them1 were they not in your possession4--,marcus ,aurelius4 ,insist on your self2 never imitate4 ,there is at this moment for you an utterance brave and grand as that of the colossal chisel of ,phidias1 or the pen of ,moses or ,dante1 but different from these4 ,if you can hear what these patriarchs say1 surely you can reply to them in the same pitch of voice4--,emerson4 ,just because there's fallen ,a snow-flake on his forehead1 ,he must go and fancy ',tis winter all the year6 --,aldrich4 ,how poor they are that have not patience4--,shakespeare4 ,o ,god1 animate us to cheerfulness6 ,may we have a joyful sense of our blessings1 learn to look on the bright circumstances of our lot1 and maintain a perpetual contentedness4--,w4 ,e4 ,channing4 ,thy love shall chant its own beatitudes ,after its own self-working4 ,a child's kiss ,set on the sighing lips shall make thee glad2 ,a poor man served by thee shall make thee rich2 ,a sick man helped by thee shall make thee strong2 ,thou shalt be served thyself by every sense ,of service which thou renderest4 --,e4 ,b4 ,browning4 8,then take this honey for the bitterest cup2 ,there is no failure1 save in giving up2 ,no real fall so long as one still tries1 ,for seeming setbacks make the strong man wise4 ,there's no defeat1 in truth1 save from within2 ,unless you're beaten there1 you're bound to win40 ,a crowd of troubles passed him by ,as he with courage waited2 ,he said1 8,where do you troubles fly ,when you are thus belated80 8,we go10 they say1 8to those who mope1 ,who look on life dejected1 ,who weakly say #8good-bye' to hope1 ,we go where we're expected40 --,francis ,j4 ,allison4 8,bring me men to match my mountains1 ,bring me men to match my plains2 ,men with empires in their purpose ,and new eras in their brains40 8,who will remember that skies are gray ,if he carries a happy heart all day80 ,a man is specially and divinely fortunate1 not when his conditions are easy1 but when they evoke the very best that is in him2 when they provoke him to nobleness1 and sting him to strength1 when they clear his vision1 kindle his enthusiasm and inspire his will4--,hamilton ,wright ,mabie4 ,the deeper the feeling the less demonstrative will be the expression of it4--,balzac4 ,the most ,i can do for my friend is simply to be his friend4 ,if he knows ,i am happy in loving him1 he will want no other reward4--,h4 ,d4 ,thoreau4 8,live blameless2 ,god is near40--,inscribed over the door of the house of ,linnus1 at ,hammerby1 ,sweden4 ,it is always good to know1 if only in passing1 charming human beings4 ,it refreshes one like flowers and woods and clear brooks4--,george ,eliot4 ,do not discharge in haste the arrow which can never return3 it is easy to destroy happiness2 most difficult to restore it4--,herder4 ,disappointment should always be taken as a stimulant1 and never viewed as a discouragement4--,c4 ,b4 ,newcomb4 ,in all the crowded ,universe ,there is but one stupendous word3 ,love4 ,there is no tree that rears its crest1 ,no fern or flower that cleaves the sod ,nor bird that sings above its nest1 ,but tries to speak this word of ,god4 --,j4 ,g4 ,holland4 ,he who has a thousand friends has not one friend to spare1 ,and he who has one enemy shall meet him everywhere4 --,from the ,arabic4 ,it is a great folly not to part with your own faults1 which is possible1 but to try instead to escape from other people's faults1 which is impossible4--,marcus ,aurelius4 8,to persuade one soul to lead a better life is to leave the world better than you found it40 ,if you intend to be happy1 don't be foolish enough to wait for a just cause4--,chap-,book4 ,don't borrow a creed from other people1 ,nor hang most faith on the stoutest steeple4 ,look up for your law1 but oh6 look higher ,than the hands on any human spire4 ,if ten think alike1 and you think alone1 ,that never proves 'tis ten to one ,they are right1 you wrong2 for truth1 you see1 ,is not a thing of majority4 ,it never can make you false1 them true1 ,that there's more of them than there is of you3 ,if your touch is on ,truth's garment's hem1 ,there is more of you than a world of them4 ',tis not alone in the ,orient region ,that a certain hero's name is ,legion4 ,nor was it only for once to be ,that the whole herd together ran down to the sea4 ,your zenith for no man else is true3 ,your beam from the sun comes alone to you4 ,and the thought the great ,god gave your brain ,is your own for the world1 or the world's in vain4 --,edward ,rowland ,sill4 ,discontent is want of self-reliance3 it is infirmity of will4--,emerson4 8,he that brings sunshine into the lives of others cannot keep it from himself40 ,give us1 oh1 give us1 the man who sings at his work6 ,be his occupation what it may1 he is equal to any of those who follow the same pursuit in silent sullenness4 ,he does more in the same time--he will do it better--he will persevere longer4--,carlyle4 ,set about what thou intendest to do3 the beginning is half the battle4--,csar4 ,by the street of ,by-and-,by1 one arrives at the house of ,never4--,cervantes4 ,no wind serves him who has no destined port4--,montaigne4 ,be sure you give men the best of your wares though they be poor enough2 and the gods will help you to lay by a better store for the future4--,henry ,d4 ,thoreau4 ,reading is indeed to the mind as food is to the body--the material of which its fibre is made4 ,it is surprising to note the difference in the quality of mental thought which even one-half hour's good reading each day will make4--,lilian ,whiting4 ,men are four3 ,he who knows1 and knows he knows1-- ,he is wise--follow him4 ,he who knows1 and knows not he knows1-- ,he is asleep--wake him3-- ,he who knows not1 and knows not he knows not1-- ,he is a fool--shun him4 ,he who knows not1 and knows he knows not1-- ,he is a child--teach him4 --,arabian ,proverb4 ,cherish ideals as the traveler cherishes the north star1 and keep the guiding light pure and bright and high above the horizon4--,newell ,dwight ,hillis4 ,the days come and go like muffled and veiled figures sent from a distant friendly party2 but they say nothing1 and if we do not use the gifts they bring1 they carry them as silently away4--,emerson4 ',tis not in seeking1 ',tis not in endless striving1 ,thy quest is found4 ,be still and listen1 ,be still and drink the quiet ,of all around4 --,e4 ,r4 ,sill4 ,to keep one's foot firmly set in the way that leads upwards1 however dark and thorny it may be at the moment1 is to conquer4--,the ,world ,beautiful1 ,lilian ,whiting4 ,and daily1 hourly1 loving and giving ,in the poorest life makes heavenly living4 --,rose ,terry ,cooke4 ,to love is the great glory1 the last culture1 the highest happiness2 to be loved is little in comparison4--,the ,story of ,william and ,lucy ,smith1 ,george ,s4 ,merriam4 ,to persevere in one's duty1 and to be silent1 is the best answer to calumny4--,washington4 ,i have lived to know that the secret of happiness is never to allow your energies to stagnate4--,adam ,clarke4 ,entertaining is the finest of all the fine arts1 and it cannot be done by proxy4 ,it cannot be done by the cook1 nor yet by the decorator4 ,let the hostess give her guests her personal interest1 her sympathetic comprehension1 and she will have then mastered the delicate and subtle art4--,lilian ,whiting4 ,read the best books first1 or you may not have a chance to read them at all4--,henry ,d4 ,thoreau4 ,i am primarily engaged to myself to be a public servant to all the gods1 to demonstrate to all men that there is a good will and intelligence at the heart of things1 and ever higher and yet higher leadings4--,emerson4 ,be noble1 and the nobleness that lies ,in other men1 sleeping1 but never dead1 ,will rise in majesty to meet thine own2 ,then shalt thou see it gleam in many eyes1 ,then will pure light about thy way be shed4 --,lowell4 ,few causes age the body faster than wilful indolence and monotony of mind--the mind1 that very principle of physical youthfulness4--,james ,lane ,allen4 8,to speak wisely may not always be easy1 but not to speak ill requires only silence40 ,if you have not slept1 or if you have slept1 or if you have a headache1 or sciatica1 or leprosy1 or thunder stroke1 ,i beseech you by all the angels to hold your peace1 and not pollute the morning1 to which all the housemates bring serene and pleasant thoughts1 by corruptions and groans4--,emerson4 8#8,downward the path of life6' ,oh1 no6 ,up1 up1 with patient steps1 ,i go2 ,i watch the skies fast brightening there2 ,i breathe a sweeter1 purer air40 ,happiness rarely is absent4 ,it is we that know not of its presence4 ,the greatest felicity avails us nothing if we know not that we are happy4--,maurice ,materlinck4 ,there is no good in life but love--but love6 ,what else looks good1 is some shade flung from love2 ,love gilds it1 gives it worth4 --,robert ,browning4 ,illustration3 ,oliver ,wendell ,holmes ,the great thing in the world is not so much where we stand1 as in what direction we are moving4 ,instead of a gem1 or even a flower1 cast the gift of a lovely thought into the heart of a friend4--,geo4 ,macdonald4 ,be satisfied with nothing but your best4--,edward ,rowland ,sill4 ,do not think it wasted time to submit yourself to any influence that will bring upon you any noble feeling4--,ruskin4 ,thank ,god every morning when you get up that you have something to do that day1 which must be done whether you like it or not4 ,being forced to work1 and forced to do your best1 will breed in you 444 a hundred virtues which the idle never know4--,charles ,kingsley4 ,foresight is very wise1 but foresorrow is very foolish2 and castles are1 at any rate1 better than dungeons in the air4--,sir ,john ,lubbock4 ,it requires a sterner virtue than good nature to hold fast the truth1 that it is nobler to be shabby and honest1 than to do things handsomely in debt4--,juliana ,h4 ,ewing4 8,drop the subject when you cannot agree2 there is no need to be bitter because you know you are right40 ,it is not only a part of the wisdom of happiness1 but it is absolutely essential to the conditions of any true work in the world1 to so live that one may not be too greatly affected by the attitude of other people4 ,a man's life is1 after all1 primarily between ,god and himself4--,lilian ,whiting4 ,get your distaff ready1 and ,god will send you flax4--,mary ,a4 ,livermore's favorite proverb4 ,the thoughts that come often unsought1 and1 as it were1 drop into the mind1 are commonly the most valuable we have1 and therefore should be secured1 because they seldom return again4--,locke4 ,the little worries that we meet each day ,may be as stumbling-blocks across our way1 ,or we may make them stepping-stones to be ,of grace1 ,o ,lord1 to ,thee6 --,a4 ,e4 ,hamilton4 ,a man's own good breeding is the best security against other people's ill manners4--,chesterfield4 ,the best teacher of duties that still lie near to us1 is the practice of those we see and have at hand4--,carlyle4 8,the secret of a sweet and ,christian life is learning to live by the day4 ,it is the long stretches that tire us40 ,to one who is in the rle of host there can be no more bitter rebuke than to have any guest or chance caller go out from the portals with the feeling that he is sorry he came--that he is depressed rather than up-lifted4 ,for all personal association1 whether permanent or transient1 whether prearranged or a matter of accidental contact1 should leave behind it a lingering charm1 a deeper sense of the loveliness of life4--,lilian ,whiting4 ,one of the natural tendencies of the mortal mind is toward proselyting4 ,the moment we believe something to be true1 we begin to try to convert others to our belief4 ,we learn to say1 with some degree of realization1 8,god worketh in me to will and to do of ,his good pleasure10 but we quite forget that the same ,god is working equally in our brother 8to will and to do40 8,i am the door10 says the ,christ within every man's own soul4 ,now you are trying to have your dear one enter in through your door4 ,he must enter in through his own ,christ1 his own desire4--,h4 ,emilie ,cady4 ,you may not be able to leave your children a great inheritance1 but day by day you may be weaving coats for them which they will wear through all eternity4--,t4 ,l4 ,cuyler4 ,he that cannot forgive others1 breaks the bridge over which he must pass himself2 for every man has need to be forgiven4--,lord ,herbert4 ,we exhaust our strength in our impatience at our work1 and the conditions that surround us4 ,there is nothing that comes to us which we could not do easily with true adjustment1 but we waste our forces in our worries4--,c4 ,b4 ,newcomb4 ,it seems as if heroes had done almost all for the world that they can do2 and not much more can come until common men awake and take their common tasks4 ,i believe the common man's task is the hardest4--,phillips ,brooks4 ,when we climb to heaven 'tis on the rounds of love to men4--,whittier4 ,when you find a person a little better than his word1 a little more liberal than his promise1 a little more than borne out in his statements by facts1 a little larger in deed than in speech1 you recognize a kind of eloquence in that person's utterance not laid down in ,blair or ,campbell4--,holmes4 ,young man6 let the nobleness of your mind impel you to its improvement4 ,you are too strong to be defeated1 save by yourself4--,w4 ,d4 ,howard4 ,what we earnestly aspire to be1 that in some sense we are4--,anna ,jameson4 ,the mark of the man of the world is absence of pretension4 ,he does not make a speech1 he takes a low business tone1 avoids all brag1 promises not at all1 performs much4 ,he calls his employment by its lowest names1 and so takes from evil tongues their sharpest weapon4--,emerson4 8,in judging others1 weigh carefully the method against the motive4 ,if the latter be pure1 be patient and charitable1 however different from your own the method may be40 8,refuse to regard as unfortunate the treatment you receive from others2 let it stimulate you to deal more justly with yourself and with them40 ,the strength of affection is a proof not of the worthiness of the object1 but of the largeness of the soul which loves4--,f4 ,w4 ,robertson4 ,every flower is a hint of ,his beauty2 every grain of wheat a token of ,his beneficence2 every atom of dust1 a revelation of ,his power4 ,in and through all things ,he is attracting our regard4--,furness4 ,one never speaks of himself except at a loss4--,montaigne4 ,it is easy in the world1 to live after the world's opinion3 it is easy in solitude1 to live after our own4 ,but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude4--,emerson4 ,if you knew the light ,that your soul casts in my sight1 ,how ,i look to you ,for the good and true1 ,the beauteous and the right4 --,robert ,browning4 ,manners impress as they indicate real power4 ,a man who is sure of his point1 carries a broad and contented expression1 which everybody reads4 ,and you cannot rightly train one to an air and manner1 except by making him the kind of man of whom that manner is the natural expression4 ,nature forever puts a premium on reality4--,emerson4 ,who looks to ,heaven alone to save his soul ,may keep the path1 but will not reach the goal3 ,but he who walks in love may wander far1 ,and ,god will bring him where the blessed are4 --,henry ,van ,dyke4 8,if you and ,i--just you and ,i-- ,should laugh instead of worry2 ,if we should grow--just you and ,i-- ,kinder and sweeter hearted1 ,perhaps in some near by and by ,a good time might get started2 ,then what a happy world 'twould be ,for you and me--for you and me60 ,let nothing disturb thee1 ,nothing affright thee2 ,all things are passing2 ,god never changeth2 ,patient endurance ,attaineth to all things2 ,who ,god possesseth ,in nothing is wanting2 ,alone ,god sufficeth4 --,longfellow4 ,the world is full of judgment-days1 and in every assembly that a man enters1 in every action he attempts1 he is gauged and stamped4 ,a man passes for what he is worth4--,emerson4 ,life is noble in proportion to the nobleness of faith2 it is successful in proportion to the fixedness of faith4--,joseph ,le ,conte4 ,we should tell ourselves once for all that it is the first duty of the soul to become as happy1 complete1 independent1 and great as lies in its power4--,maurice ,materlinck4 8,cold and reserved natures should remember that though not infrequently flowers may be found beneath the snow1 it is chilly work to dig for them1 and few care to take the trouble40 ,whenever we send out loving thought in generous profusion1 every part of our environment echoes back a sweet benediction4--,henry ,wood4 ,a good book1 whether a novel or not1 is one that leaves you farther on than when you took it up4 ,if when you drop it1 it drops you down in the same old spot1 with no finer outlook1 no clearer vision1 no stimulated desires for that which is better and higher1 it is in no sense a good book4--,anna ,warner4 ,silence is a great peacemaker4--,longfellow4 ,each act of humble service is that divine touching of the ground which enables one to get the spring whereby he leaps to greater heights4--,r4 ,w4 ,trine4 ,every noble life leaves the fibre of it interwoven forever in the works of the world4--,ruskin4 8,it is no use running2 to set out betimes is the main point40 ,one ought never to speak of the faults of one's friends2 it mutilates them4 ,they can never be the same afterward4--,william ,d4 ,howells4 ,whatever betide1 every misfortune must be overcome by enduring it4--,virgil4 8,never argue with a man who talks loud4 ,you couldn't convince him in a thousand years40 ,the new science perceives that instincts and aspirations in the mind are facts of nature that must be interpreted and accounted for by reason as truly as a stone in the hand4--,newell ,dwight ,hillis4 ,work and love3 that is the body and soul of the human being4 ,happy he where they are one4--,auerbach4 ,you picture to yourself the beauty of bravery and steadfastness4 ,and then some little1 wretched1 disagreeable duty comes which is your martyrdom1 the lamp for your oil2 and if you do not do it1 your oil is spilled4--,phillips ,brooks4 8,watch the thought you hold for the neighbor who is yet living in the consciousness of truth as you understand it4 ,as you are taught of the ,spirit1 so will he be taught in the way best adapted to him40 ,why do we so often prefer to believe in the necessity of suffering and weakness rather than in the possibility of strength and gladness8--,c4 ,b4 ,newcomb4 ,great powers and natural gifts do not bring privileges to their possessor1 so much as they bring duties4--,henry ,ward ,beecher4 ,every day should have some part ,free for the ,sabbath of the heart4 --,wordsworth4 ,the beautiful is as useful as the useful4--,victor ,hugo4 ,the higher education of women means more for the future than all conceivable legislative reforms4 ,its influence does not stop with the home4--,david ,starr ,jordan4 8,it is not the spurt at the start1 but the continued1 unresting1 unhasting advance that wins the day40 ,that which is past is gone and irrevocable1 and wise men have enough to do with things present and to come4--,francis ,bacon4 ,whichever way the wind doth blow ,some heart is glad to have it so2 ,then blow it east or blow it west1 ,the wind that blows1 that wind is best4 --,caroline ,a4 ,mason4 ,a lady's dress should be such as to please ,god1 not laying aside taste1 for is ,he not much more pleased when ,his children look well than otherwise8 ,i have no idea that ,christ was negligent of his dress4 ,his garment was one counted worthy of casting lots upon4--,mary ,lyon4 ,experience shows that success is due less to ability than to zeal4 ,the winner is he who gives himself to his work1 body and soul4--,charles ,buxton4 8,the smelter bends above his pot of silver ,watching its restless heavings to and fro1 ',till ready for the careful coiner1 ,his face reflected1 the fused metal show40 ,it is monotony which eats the heart out of joy1 destroys the buoyancy of the spirit1 and turns hope to ashes2 it is monotony which saps the vitality of the emotions2 depletes the energy of the will1 and finally turns the miracle of daily existence into dreary commonplace4 ,and monotony has its roots1 not in our conditions1 but in ourselves4--,hamilton ,wright ,mabie4 ,begin1 therefore1 with little things4 ,is it a little oil spilt or a little wine stolen8 ,say to yourself1 this is the price paid for peace and tranquillity2 and nothing is to be had for nothing4 ,and when you call your servant1 consider that it is possible he may not come at your call1 or1 if he does1 that he may not do what you wish4 ,but it is not at all desirable for him1 and very undesirable for you1 that it should be in his power to cause you any disturbance4--,epictetus4 ,let us never forget that an act of goodness is of itself an act of happiness4 ,no reward coming after the event can compare with the sweet reward that went with it4--,maurice ,materlinck4 ,i said1 8,i will go out and look for mine enemies10 and that day ,i found no friends4 ,again1 ,i said1 8,i will go out and look for my friends10 and that day ,i found no enemies4--,gertrude ,r4 ,lewis4 ,such as are thy habitual thoughts1 such also will be the character of thy mind1 for the soul is dyed by the thoughts4--,marcus ,aurelius4 ,have faithfulness and sincerity as first principles4--,confucius4 8,if you will call your #8troubles' #8experiences1' and remember that every experience develops some latent force within you1 you will grow vigorous and happy1 however adverse your circumstances may seem to be40 ,wanting to have a friend is altogether different from wanting to be a friend4 ,the former is a mere natural human craving1 the latter is the life of ,christ in the soul4--,j4 ,r4 ,miller4 ,when we cultivate thoughts of strength for others1 we ourselves grow strong4 ,habitual thoughts of peace bring us tranquillity4--,c4 ,b4 ,newcomb4 ,all high happiness has in it some element of love2 all love contains a desire for peace4 ,one immediate effect of new happiness is to make us turn toward the past with a wish to straighten out its difficulties1 heal its breaches and forgive its wrongs4--,james ,lane ,allen4 ,when ,i am very weary ,i do not try to pray4 ,i only shut my eyes1 and wait ,to hear what ,god will say4 ,such rest it is to wait for ,him ,as comes no other way4 --,alice ,e4 ,worcester4 ,you have not fulfilled every duty unless you have fulfilled that of being pleasant4--,charles ,buxton4 ,we do a great deal of shirking in this life on the ground of not being geniuses4--,rose ,e4 ,cleveland4 ,we never know for what ,god is preparing us in ,his schools--for what work on earth1 for what work in the hereafter4 ,our business is to do our work well in the present place1 whatever that may be4--,dr4 ,lyman ,abbott4 ,health is the first of all liberties1 and happiness gives us the energy which is the basis of health4--,amiel's ,journal4 ,not in the clamor of the crowded street1 ,nor in the shouts and plaudits of the throng1 ,but in ourselves1 are triumph and defeat4 --,longfellow4 ,whatever you may be sure of1 be sure of this1 that you are dreadfully like other people4--,james ,russell ,lowell4 ,there is a dust that settles on the heart as well as that which rests upon the ledge4 ,it is better to wear out than to rust out4--,sir ,john ,lubbock4 ,how many a thing which we cast to the ground1 when others pick it up becomes a gem4--,george ,meredith4 ,illustration3 ,chas4 ,w4 ,wendte ,success in life is a matter not so much of talent or opportunity as of concentration and perseverance4 ,sunshine is delicious1 rain is refreshing1 wind braces up1 snow is exhilarating2 there is really no such thing as bad weather1 only different kinds of good weather4--,ruskin4 ,a haze on the far horizon1 ,the infinite1 tender sky2 ,the ripe1 rich tint of the corn-fields1 ,and the wild geese sailing high2 ,and all over upland and lowland ,the charm of the golden-rod1-- ,some of us call it ,autumn ,and others call it ,god4 --,m4 ,h4 ,carruth4 ,i built a chimney for a comrade old1 ,i did the service not for hope or hire1 ,and then ,i traveled on in winters cold2 ,yet all the day ,i glowed before the fire4 --,edwin ,markham4 ,flowers1 says ,ruskin1 seem intended for the solace of ordinary humanity4 ,children love them2 quiet1 tender1 contented1 ordinary people love them as they grow2 they are the cottager's treasure2 and in the crowded town mark1 as with a little broken fragment of rainbow1 the windows of the workers in whose heart rests the covenant of peace4 ,great privileges never go save in company with great responsibilities4--,hamilton ,w4 ,mabie4 ,he who has a high standard of living and thinking will certainly do better than he who has none at all4--,samuel ,smiles4 ,you will find as you look back upon your life that the moments that stand out1 the moments when you have really lived1 are the moments when you have done things in a spirit of love4--,henry ,drummond4 ,and let him go where he will1 he can only find so much beauty or worth as he carries4--,emerson4 ,as you grow ready for it1 somewhere or other you will find what is needful for you--in a book1 or a friend1 or1 best of all1 in your own thoughts1 the eternal thought speaking in your thought4--,george ,macdonald4 ,be thou the rainbow to the storms of life6 ,the evening beam that smiles the clouds away ,and tints to-morrow with prophetic ray4 --,byron4 ,displays of moral excellence1 truths set forth in living actions1 are multiplied as they are shown4 ,men are won by what they approve4 ,they are led to imitate what they admire4 ,laudable actions never stand alone4 ,they go from eye to eye1 from heart to heart1 creating fresh copies of their immortal worth4--,dr4 ,frothingham4 ,wouldst shape a noble life8 ,then cast ,no backward glances toward the past1 ,and though somewhat be lost and gone1 ,yet do thou act as one new-born2 ,what each day needs1 that shalt thou ask1 ,each day will set its proper task4 --,goethe4 ,we should think just as though our thought were visible to all about us4 ,real character is not outward conduct1 but quality of thinking4--,henry ,wood4 ,it is a much shallower and more ignoble occupation to detect faults than to discover beauties4--,carlyle4 ,whatever you wish to accomplish1 be willing to do1 and to commence your work at once1 right where you find yourself1 and decide that you do not want anything better to begin with than the conditions that surround you1 for ,god is with you4--,raja ,yoga4 ,no one is respectable who is not doing his best4--,horace ,fletcher4 ,the broad-minded see the truth in different religions2 the narrow-minded see only their differences4--,chinese ,proverb4 ,the dawn is not distant1 ,nor is the night starless2 ,love is eternal6 ,god is still ,god1 and ,his faith shall not fail us2 ,christ is eternal6 --,longfellow4 ,let us be like the bird for a moment perched ,on a frail branch while he sings2 ,though he feels it bend1 yet he sings his song1 ,knowing that he hath wings4 --,victor ,hugo4 ,let us love so well ,our work shall still be sweeter for our love1 ,and still our love be sweeter for our work4 --,elizabeth ,barrett ,browning4 8,if you have gracious words to say ,oh1 give them to our hearts to-day1 ,but if your words will cause us sorrow1 ,pray keep them till the last to-morrow40 ,high thoughts and noble in all lands ,help me3 my soul is fed by such4 ,but ah1 the touch of life and hands1 ,the human touch6 ,warm1 vital1 close1 life's symbols dear1 ,these need ,i most1 and now1 and here4 --,richard ,burton4 ,to live in the presence of great truths and eternal laws1 to be led by permanent ideals1--that is what keeps a man patient when the world ignores him1 and calm and unspoiled when the world praises him4--,dr4 ,a4 ,peabody4 ,the test of an enjoyment is the remembrance which it leaves behind4--,jean ,paul4 ,no education is complete1 nor1 indeed1 of great permanent value1 that does not teach how to live contentedly and to economize nerve energy4--,mary ,roberts ,smith4 ,i have seen manners that make a similar impression with personal beauty1 that give us the like exhilaration1 and refine us like that4 ,but they must be marked by fine perception1 they must always show self-control4 ,then they must be inspired by the good heart4--,emerson4 ,patience6 have faith and thy prayer will be answered4--,longfellow4 8,sentiment cannot do duty for humanity40 ,the life of a man consists not in seeing visions and in dreaming dreams1 but in active charity and in willing service4--,longfellow4 ,we find in life exactly what we put into it4--,emerson4 ,every duty we omit obscures some truth we should have known4--,ruskin4 ,from ,socrates to ,browning the thinkers and poets have all been emancipators4 ,in the end1 this bringing of new light into the minds of the world will be counted their chief service4--,hamilton ,w4 ,mabie4 ,by all means use sometimes to be alone4 ,salute thyself3 see what thy soul doth wear4 ,dare to look in thy chest--for 'tis thine own1-- ,and tumble up and down what thou findest there4 ,who cannot rest till he good fellows finde1 ,he breaks up house1 turns out of doors his minde4 --,george ,herbert4 ,personal happiness is almost synonymous with personal interests2 the wider the range of the latter1 the higher is the degree of happiness4--,lilian ,whiting4 ,thoughts of courage1 and hope1 and highest expectation growing habitual1 may lift out and up many a weary pilgrim4--,l4 ,purington4 8,the ornaments of a home are the guests who frequent it40 ,do not waste a minute--not a second--in trying to demonstrate to others the merit of your own performance4 ,if your work does not vindicate itself1 you cannot vindicate it4--,thomas ,wentworth ,higginson4 ,to go about moping1 depressed1 blue1 out of spirits in general1 is to exist1 but not to live4 ,it is the condition of a mollusk1 and unworthy a human being4 ,worry is a state of spiritual corrosion4 ,a trouble either can be remedied1 or it cannot4 ,if it can be1 then set about it2 if it cannot be1 dismiss it from your consciousness1 or bear it so bravely that it may become transfigured to a blessing4--,lilian ,whiting4 8,it is easy enough to be pleasant ,when life flows by like a song1 ,but the man worth while is the man who will smile ,when everything goes dead wrong2 ,for the test of the heart is trouble1 ,and it always comes with years1 ,and the smile that comes with the praises of earth ,is the smile that shines through tears40 ,i think we should treat our minds as innocent children whose guardian we are--be careful what objects and what subjects we thrust on their attention4--,henry ,d4 ,thoreau4 ,gather roses while they blossom2 to-morrow is not to-day6 ,allow no moment to escape2 to-morrow is not to-day4--,gleim4 ,cheapness of nature can be redeemed only from one source--that of the invisible power on the divine side of life4 ,by seeking this in silence and concentration for a little time each day all refinement and loveliness and charm can be achieved4 ,it is the magic of life4--,the ,world ,beautiful1 ,lilian ,whiting4 ,i have wished to teach a single lesson1 true alike to all men--the lesson of the saving of time4--,david ,starr ,jordan4 ,there are so many things--best things--that can only come when youth is past1 that it may well happen to many of us to find ourselves happier and happier to the last4--,george ,eliot4 ,this world is no blot for us ,nor blank2 it means intensely1 and means good4 --,browning4 ,poetry frequents and keeps habitable those upper chambers of the mind that open toward the sun's rising4--,james ,russell ,lowell4 ,the individual who cultivates grievances1 and who is perpetually exacting explanations of his assumed wrongs1 can only be ignored1 and left to the education of time and of development4444 ,one does not argue or contend with the foul miasma that settles over stagnant water2 one leaves it and climbs to a higher region1 where the air is pure and the sunshine fair4--,lilian ,whiting4 8,manners must adorn knowledge1 and smooth its way through the world40 ,let not future things disturb thee1 for thou wilt come to them if it shall be necessary1 having with thee the same reason which thou now usest for present things4--,marcus ,aurelius4 ,we hear much said of 8environment40 ,we need to realize that environment should never be allowed to make the man1 but that man should always1 and always can1 condition the environment4 ,when we realize this1 we will find that many times it is not necessary to take ourselves out of any particular environment1 because we may yet have a work to do there2 but by the very force we carry with us1 we can so affect and change matters that we will have an entirely new set of conditions in an old environment4--,ralph ,waldo ,trine4 ,,fable4 ,the mountain and the squirrel ,had a quarrel1 ,and the former called the latter 8,little ,prig02 ,bun replied1 8,you are doubtless very big2 ,but all sorts of things and weather ,must be taken in together1 ,to make up a year ,and a sphere4 ,and ,i think it no disgrace ,to occupy my place4 ,if ,i'm not so large as you1 ,you are not so small as ,i1 ,and not half so spry4 ,i'll not deny you make ,a very pretty squirrel track2 ,talents differ2 all is well and wisely put2 ,if ,i cannot carry forests on my back1 ,neither can you crack a nut40 --,emerson4 ,o the paralyzing effect of fear of evil6 ,it surely doth make 8cowards of us all40 ,it makes us pygmies where we might be giants1 were we only free from it4--,h4 ,emilie ,cady4 ,as you grow old1 guard against the tendency to live more coarsely1 to relax in your discipline4 ,obey your finest instincts4 ,be fastidious to the extreme of sanity4--,thoreau4 8,then let us smile when skies are gray1 ,and laugh at stormy weather1 ,and sing life's lonesome times away3 ,so worry and the dreariest day ,will find an end together40 ,character is not only written in the face1 expressed in conduct and language1 but is sent forth as a thought atmosphere4--,dresser4 ,others shall ,take patience1 courage1 to their heart and hand ,from thy hand and thy heart and thy brave cheer1 ,and ,god's grace fructify through thee to all4 --,elizabeth ,barrett ,browning4 ,to love one soul for its beauty and grace and truth is to open the way to appreciate all beautiful and true and gracious souls1 and to recognize spiritual beauty wherever it is seen4--,h4 ,black4 ,we must alter for the better always and unceasingly4 ,nature seems to be at rest only because she is perpetually renewed4 ,the soul enjoys repose on the same terms4--,de ,ravignon4 ,god gives us power to bear all the sorrows of ,his making3 but ,he does not give the power to bear the sorrows of our own making1 which the anticipation of sorrow most assuredly is4--,ian ,mac,laren4 ,ever laughs the sunlight in our eyes at morning and at noon1 ,comes the pure1 cool wind1 to whisper past our cheek its cheery tune1 ,just to tell us ,earth is beautiful1 and at the quiet even ,every star looks down lest we forget that earth is crowned with ,heaven4 --,e4 ,r4 ,sill4 8,the whole world unites in pushing us the way we have really made up our mind to go40 ,without distinction1 without calculation1 without procrastination1 love4 ,lavish it upon the poor1 where it is very easy2 especially upon the rich1 who often need it most2 most of all upon our equals1 where it is very difficult1 and for whom perhaps we each do least of all4--,henry ,drummond4 ,are you in earnest8 ,seize this very minute6 ,what you can do1 or think you can1 begin it6 --,goethe4 ',tis better to live rich than to die rich4--,dr4 ,johnson4 ,it seems to me there is no maxim for a noble life like this3 ,count always your highest moments your truest moments4 ,believe that in the time when you were the greatest and most spiritual man1 then you were your truest self4--,phillips ,brooks4 ,fine society is the graceful1 genial1 sympathetic intercourse of fine souls4--,lilian ,whiting4 ,the stream of content must flow from ourselves1 taking its source from a deliberate disposition to learn what is good1 and a determined resolution to seek for and enjoy it1 however small the portion may be4--,zimmermann4 ,when you have a number of disagreeable duties to perform1 always do the most disagreeable first4--,josiah ,quincy4 ,god says1 live deeply1 earnestly in the present1 and the spirit of all the ages shall come and reveal itself to you4--,phillips ,brooks4 ,to try too hard to make people good is one way to make them worse4 ,the only way to make them good1 is to be good1 remembering well the beam and the mote4--,george ,macdonald4 8,ask ,god to give thee skill ,for comfort's art1 ,that thou may'st consecrated be1 ,and set apart ,unto a life of sympathy6 ,for comforters are needed much ,of ,christ-like touch40 ,for he that wrongs his friend ,wrongs himself more1 and ever bears about ,a silent court of justice in his breast1 ,himself the judge and jury1 and himself ,the prisoner at the bar1 ever condemned4 --,tennyson4 ,the sense of humor is the oil of life's engine4 ,without it1 the machinery creaks and groans4 ,no lot is so hard1 no aspect of things is so grim1 but it relaxes before a hearty laugh4--,g4 ,s4 ,merriam4 ,the happiest heart that ever beat ,was in some quiet breast1 ,that found the common daylight sweet ,and left to ,heaven the rest4 --,john ,vance ,cheney4 8,of all work10 said the ,bishop of ,exeter1 8that produces results1 nine-tenths must be drudgery4 ,there is no work1 from the highest to the lowest1 which can be done well by any man who is unwilling to make that sacrifice40 ,it is a hard thing to close up a discourse and to cut it short1 when you are once in1 and have a great deal more to say4 ,there is nothing wherein the strength and breeding of a horse is so much seen as in a round1 graceful1 and sudden stop4--,montaigne4 ,greatly begin6 though thou have time ,but for a line1 be that sublime-- ,not failure1 but low aim1 is crime4 --,james ,russell ,lowell4 ,can anything be sadder than work left unfinished8 ,yes2 work never begun4--,christina ,rossetti4 ,when we feel a strong desire to thrust our advice on others1 it is usually because we suspect their weakness2 but we ought rather to suspect our own4--,colton4 ,sorrow is the mere rust of the soul4 ,activity will cleanse and brighten it4--,dr4 ,johnson4 ,efforts to be permanently useful1 must be uniformly joyous--a spirit all sunshine--graceful from very gladness1 beautiful because bright4--,carlyle4 ,read the philosophers1 and learn how to make life happy2 seeking useful precepts and brave and noble words which may become deeds4--,seneca4 8,i pray the prayer of ,pluto old2 ,god make thee beautiful within1 ,and let thine eye the good behold ,in everything save sin40 ,nothing is so strong as gentleness1 nothing so gentle as real strength4--,st4 ,francis de ,sales4 ,oh6 square thyself for use2 a stone that may ,fit in the wall is left not in the way4 --,r4 ,c4 ,french4 ,the best piece of good fortune which can come to one is opportunity for intimacy with a leader1 in whatever line of life he may be engaged4--,edward ,everett ,hale4 ,god has delivered yourself to your care1 and says3 8,i had no fitter to trust than you40--,epictetus4 ,i gazed on the throng of hurrying faces1 ,some in tatters and some in laces1 ,and ,i said to myself1 8,how will it be1 ,when the soul of each is at last set free80 ,for she who is plainest and most forlorn1 ,may1 by her beauty1 ,god's heaven adorn2 ,while she who is fairest of form and face1 ,may1 near ,god's beautiful1 look out of place4 ,so ,i said1 8,how1 my soul1 will it be with thee80--,laura ,barker4 ,half the world is on the wrong scent in the pursuit of happiness4 ,they think it consists in having and getting1 and in being served by others4 ,it consists in giving and in serving others4--,henry ,drummond4 ,what we like determines what we are1 and is the sign of what we are2 and to teach taste is inevitably to form character4--,ruskin4 ,one feast of holy days the crest ,i1 though no ,churchman1 love to keep2 ,all-,saints--the unknown good that rest ,in ,god's still memory folded deep4 --,lowell4 ,doing nothing for others is the undoing of ourselves4--,horace ,mann4 ,of nothing may we be more sure than this1 that if we cannot sanctify our present lot1 we could sanctify no other4 ,our heaven and our ,almighty ,father are there or nowhere4--,dr4 ,james ,martineau4 8,whether in large or small affairs1 there must be perpetual adjustment4 ,neither men nor women1 more than our finely strung musical instruments1 can escape the need of constant tuning40 ,as nothing reveals character like the company we like and keep1 so nothing foretells futurity like the thoughts over which we brood4--,newell ,dwight ,hillis4 ,simply do the best you know1 then trust4 ,he who seeks to live by the ,spirit and who cares above all for that1 will not be without guidance4--,horatio ,w4 ,dresser4 ,though to-day may not fulfill ,all thy hopes1 have patience still2 ,for perchance to-morrow's sun ,sees thy happier day begun4 --,p4 ,gerhardt4 ,there are beautiful things far out in the years3 ,can we not bear bravely some burdens and fears8 --,from ,dream ,land ,sent1 ,lilian ,whiting4 ,the years ,have taught some sweet1 some bitter lessons1 none ,wiser than this1 to spend in all things else1 ,but of old friends to be most miserly4 --,lowell4 8,it is better to endure all the frowns and anger of the greatest on earth1 than to have an uneasy conscience within our breast4 ,o1 let the bird in the soul be always kept singing whatsoever one may suffer40 ,the men and women that are lifting the world upward and onward are those who encourage more than criticise4--,elizabeth ,harrison4 ,i ought not to pronounce judgment on a fellow creature until ,i know all that enters into his life2 until ,i can measure all the forces of temptation and resistance2 until ,i can give full weight to all the facts in the case4 ,in other words1 ,i am never in a position to judge another4--,hamilton ,w4 ,mabie4 ,what ,i am thinking and doing day by day is resistlessly shaping my future--a future in which there is no expiation except through my own better conduct4 ,no one can save me4 ,no one can live my life for me4 ,if ,i am wise ,i shall begin to-day to build my own truer and better world from within4--,h4 ,w4 ,dresser4 ,i am an enemy to long explanation2 they deceive either the maker or the hearer1 generally both4--,goethe4 ,he who is false to present duty1 breaks a thread in the loom1 and will find a flaw1 when he may have forgotten the cause4--,henry ,ward ,beecher4 8,when the outlook is not good1 try the uplook40 ,every advance we make toward the realization of the truth of the permanence and immanence of law1 brings us nearer to ,him1 who is the ,first ,cause of all law and all phenomena4--,david ,starr ,jordan4 ,when in the mid-day march we meet ,the outstretched shadows of the night1 ,the promise1 how divinely sweet1 8,at eventide1 it shall be light40 --,alice ,cary4 ,you are never to complain of your birth1 your training1 your employments1 your hardships2 never to fancy that you could be something if only you had a different lot and sphere assigned you4 ,god understands his own plan1 and ,he knows what you want a great deal better than you do yourself4--,h4 ,bushnell4 ,soar on and up1 it's ,god projecting as it goes1 ,expanding into love and joy and peace--but not repose4 --,w4 ,w4 ,story4 8,if you would have a happy family life1 remember two things3 in matters of principle1 stand like a rock2 in matters of taste1 swim with the current40 ,learn not only by a comet's rush1 but by a rose's blush4--,browning4 ,when the ,kingdom is once found1 life ceases to be a plodding1 and becomes an exaltation1 an ecstasy1 a joy4--,r4 ,w4 ,trine4 ,immortality will come to such as are fit for it2 and he who would be a great soul in the future must be a great soul now4--,emerson4 ,there is no kind of bondage which life lays upon us that may not yield both sweetness and strength2 and nothing reveals a man's character more fully than the spirit in which he bears his limitations4--,hamilton ,w4 ,mabie4 ,the vision of things to be done may come a long time before the way of doing them appears clear4 ,but woe to him who distrusts the vision4--,jenkin ,lloyd ,jones4 8,every day is a fresh beginning1 ,listen1 my soul1 to the glad refrain2 ,and1 spite of old sorrow and older sinning1 ,take heart with the day and begin again40 ,in order to manage children well1 we must borrow their eyes and their hearts1 see and feel as they do1 and judge them from their own point of view4 ,i pray ,god to make parents reasonable4--,eugenie de ,guerin4 ,the finest culture comes from the study of men in their best moods4--,plutarch4 ,far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations2 ,i cannot reach them1 but ,i can look up and see their beauty1 believe in them1 and try to follow where they lead4--,louisa ,may ,alcott4 ,no power in society1 no hardship in your condition can depress you1 keep you down1 in knowledge1 power1 virtue1 influence1 but by your own consent4--,channing4 ,contentment comes neither by culture nor by wishing2 it is reconciliation with our lot1 growing out of an inward superiority to our surroundings4--,rev4 ,j4 ,k4 ,mc,lean4 ,at times it is only necessary to rest one's self in silence for a few minutes1 in order to take off the pressure and become wonderfully refreshed4--,dresser4 ,touchiness1 when it becomes chronic1 is a morbid condition of the inward disposition4 ,it is self-love inflamed to the acute point4--,drummond4 ,it is not written1 blessed is he that feedeth the poor1 but he that considereth the poor4 ,a little thought and a little kindness are often worth more than a great deal of money4--,ruskin4 ,for life1 with all its yields of joy and woe ,and hope and fear1--believe the aged friend1-- ,is just our chance o' the prize of learning love2 ,how love might be1 hath been indeed1 and is2 ,and that we hold henceforth to the uttermost ,such prize despite the envy of the world1 ,and having gained truth1 keep truth1 that is all4 --,robert ,browning4 ,oh1 do not pray for easy lives4 ,pray to be stronger men6 ,do not pray for tasks equal to your powers4 ,pray for powers equal to your tasks6 ,then the doing of your work shall be no miracle4 ,but you shall be a miracle4 ,every day you shall wonder at yourself1 at the richness of life which has come in you by the grace of ,god4--,phillips ,brooks4 ,what does your anxiety do8 ,it does not empty to-morrow1 brother1 of its sorrow2 but ah6 it empties to-day of its strength4 ,it does not make you escape the evil2 it makes you unfit to cope with it if it comes4--,ian ,mac,laren4 ,if you wish to be miserable1 think about yourself1 about what you want1 what you like1 what respect people ought to pay you2 and then to you nothing will be pure4 ,you will spoil everything you touch1 you will make misery for yourself out of everything which ,god sends you3 you will be as wretched as you choose4--,charles ,kingsley4 ,but on ,god's dial-plate of time1 ',tis never late to him who stands ,self-centred in a trust sublime1 ,with mastered force and thinking hands4 --,minot ,j4 ,savage4 8,look for the light that the shadow proves40 ,oh1 the little birds sang ,east1 and the little birds sang ,west1 ,and ,i smiled to think ,god's greatness flowed around our incompleteness1 ,round our restlessness1 ,his rest4--,e4 ,b4 ,browning4 ,be thrifty1 but not covetous3 therefore give ,thy need1 thine honor1 and thy friend his due4 ,never was scraper brave man4 ,get to live2 ,then live1 and use it3 else it is not true ,that thou hast gotten4 ,surely use alone ,makes money not a contemptible stone4 --,george ,herbert4 8,i do not deem that it matters not ,how you live your life below2 ,it matters much to the heedless crowd ,that you see go to and fro2 ,for all that is noble and high and good ,has an influence on the rest1 ,and the world is better for everyone ,who is living at his best40 ,let us beware of losing our enthusiasm4 ,let us ever glory in something1 and strive to attain our admiration for all that would ennoble1 and our interest in all that would enrich and beautify our life4--,phillips ,brooks4 ,a high purpose is magnetic and attracts rich resources4--,lilian ,whiting4 ,be firm3 one certain element in luck ,is genuine1 solid old ,teutonic pluck4 --,oliver ,wendell ,holmes4 ,not only to say the right thing in the right place1 but far more difficult still1 to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment4--,george ,augustus ,sala4 ,it is astonishing what a lot of odd minutes one can catch during the day1 if one really sets about it4--,dinah ,maria ,mulock4 ,so ,i will trudge with heart elate1 ,and feet with courage shod1 ,for that which men call chance and fate ,is the handiwork of ,god4 --,alice ,cary4 8,this world is a difficult world indeed1 ,and people are hard to suit1 ,and the man who plays on the violin ,is a bore to the man with a flute40 ,no man can be provident of his time who is not prudent in the choice of his company4--,jeremy ,taylor4 ,every great man is always being helped by everybody2 for his gift is to get good out of all things and all persons4--,ruskin4 ,belief in compensation1 or that nothing is got for nothing1 characterizes all valuable minds4--,emerson4 ,never shrink from anything which your business calls you to do4 ,the man who is above his business may one day find his business above him4--,drew4 ,the common problem1 yours1 mine1 every one's1 ,is not to fancy what were fair in life1 ,provided it could be--but finding first ,what may be1 then find how to make it fair ,up to our means4 --,browning4 ,every life that has ,god in it has the index to character and the key to the highest attainment4--,l4 ,purington4 ,be resolutely and faithfully what you are2 be humbly what you aspire to be4 ,man's noblest gift to man is his sincerity1 for it embraces his integrity also4--,henry ,d4 ,thoreau4 ,we often do more good by our sympathy than by our labors4--,canon ,farrar4 ,dost thou love life8 ,then waste not time2 for time is the stuff that life is made of4--,benjamin ,franklin4 ,the best way of training the young1 is to train yourself at the same time2 not to admonish them1 but to be seen always doing that of which you would admonish them4--,plato4 ,it is a good and safe rule to sojourn in every place1 as if you meant to spend your life there1 never omitting an opportunity of doing a kindness1 or speaking a true word1 or making a friend4--,ruskin4 ,landor's definition of a great man3 ,he who can call together the most select company when it pleases him4 ,we go apart to get still2 that new life1 new inspiration1 new power of thought1 new supplies from the ,fountainhead1 may flow in4--,h4 ,emilie ,cady4 ,perhaps it is a good thing to have an unsound hobby ridden hard2 for it is sooner ridden to death4--,charles ,dickens4 8,take a dash of water cold ,and a little leaven of prayer1 ,a little bit of sunshine gold ,dissolved in the morning air2 ,add to your meal some merriment ,and a thought for kith and kin2 ,and then1 as a prime ingredient ,a plenty of work thrown in3 ,but spice it all with the essence of love ,and a little whiff of play3 ,let a wise old book and a glance above ,complete a well spent day40 ,judge not thy friend until thou standest in his place4--,rabbi ,hillel4 8,he who is always inquiring what people will say1 will never give them opportunity to say anything great about him40 ,borrowing is the canker and the death of every man's estate4--,sir ,walter ,raleigh4 ,it is not so much what you say to the children that charges the atmosphere of your home1 as it is the spirit of your life1 the temper you exhibit1 the ends which you live for4--,dr4 ,j4 ,k4 ,mc,lean4 ,punishment closely follows sin1 it being born at the same time with it4 ,whoever expects punishment1 already suffers it2 whoever has deserved it1 expects it4--,montaigne4 ,i hope ,i shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what ,i consider the most enviable of all titles1 that of an 8,honest ,man40--,george ,washington4 ,trust in ,god1 as ,moses did1 let the way be never so dark2 and it shall come to pass that your life at last shall surpass even your longing4 ,not1 it may be1 in the line of that longing2 that shall be as it pleaseth ,god2 but the glory is as sure as the grace1 and the most ancient heavens are not more sure than that4--,robert ,collyer4 ,men suffer all their life long under the foolish superstition that they can be cheated4 ,but it is as impossible for a man to be cheated by anyone but himself1 as for a thing to be and not to be at the same time4 ,there is a third silent party to all our bargains4 ,the nature and soul of things takes on itself the guaranty of the fulfilment of every contract1 so that honest service cannot come to loss4 ,if you serve an ungrateful master1 serve him the more4 ,put ,god in your debt4 ,every stroke shall be repaid4 ,the longer the payment is withholden1 the better for you2 for compound interest on compound interest is the rate and usage of this exchequer4--,emerson4 ,i believe if we could only see beforehand what it is that our ,heavenly ,father means us to be1 the soul beauty and perfection and glory1 the glorious and lovely spiritual body that this soul is to dwell in through all eternity1 if we could have a glimpse of this1 we should not grudge all the trouble and pains he is taking with us now to bring us up to that ideal which is his thought of us4--,annie ,keary4 ,let thy every word and act be perfect truth1 uttered in genuine love4 ,let not the forms of business1 or the conventional arrangements of society reduce thee into falsehood4 ,be true to thyself4 ,be true to thy friend4 ,be true to the world4--,lydia ,maria ,child4 ,infidelity to self is infidelity to ,god4--,charles ,b4 ,newcomb4 ,learn to handle and control the ignorant part of your being as you would watch and guide a child4 ,hold thought and expression to your highest ideal4 ,learn from your failure4--,god's ,light as ,it ,came to ,me4 ,self reliance is the basis of behavior1 as it is the guaranty that the powers are not squandered in too much demonstration4--,emerson4 ,for not in far-off realms of space ,the ,spirit hath its throne2 ,in every heart it findeth place ,and waiteth to be known4 --,f4 ,l4 ,hosmer4 ,difficulties may surround our path2 but if the difficulties be not in ourselves1 they may generally be overcome4--,prof4 ,jowett4 ,life is made up1 not of great sacrifices or duties1 but of little things1 in which smiles and kindnesses and small obligations1 given habitually1 are what win and preserve the heart and secure comfort4--,sir ,humphrey ,davy4 ,he that respects himself is safe from others2 ,he wears a coat of mail that none can pierce4 --,longfellow4 ,chilo1 having had the question put to him1 ,what is difficult8 said3 8,to be silent about secrets2 to make good use of one's leisure2 and to be able to submit to injustice40 ,we should every day call ourselves to an account4 ,what infirmity have ,i mastered to-day8 ,what temptation have ,i resisted8 ,what virtue acquired8 ,our vices will abate of themselves if they be brought every day to the shrift4--,seneca4 ,life is something1 while the senses heed ,the spirit's call2 ,life is nothing1 when our grosser need ,engulfs it all4 --,julia ,ward ,howe4 ,the true spirit of conversation consists in building on another man's observation1 not overturning it4--,bulwer4 ,revery is the ,sunday of thought2 and who knows which is the more important and fruitful for man1 the laborious tension of the week1 or the life-giving repose of the ,sabbath8--,amiel's ,journal4 ,there is nothing ridiculous in seeming to be what you really are1 but a good deal in affecting to be what you are not4--,sir ,j4 ,lubbock4 ,in life's small things be resolute and great ,to keep thy muscles trained3 knowest thou when ,fate ,thy measure takes1 or when she'll say to thee1 8,i find thee worthy1 do this thing for me80 --,lowell4 ,if ,i can stop one heart from breaking1 ,i shall not live in vain4 ,if ,i can ease one life the aching1 ,or cool one pain1 ,or help one fainting robin ,unto his nest again1 ,i shall not live in vain4 --,emily ,dickinson4 ,i know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of a man to elevate his life by a conscious endeavor4 ,it is something to be able to paint a particular picture1 or to carve a statue1 and so make a few objects beautiful2 but it is far more glorious to carve and paint the very atmosphere and medium through which we look1 which morally we can do4--,henry ,d4 ,thoreau4 ,much which we think essential is merely a matter of habit4--,thomas ,wentworth ,higginson4 ,the royal road to success is to obey the inner genius1 to act in accordance with one's own intuition1 regardless of the fear or favor of those who are bound to the wheel of conventional consistency4--,lilian ,whiting4 ,act well at the moment1 and you have performed a good action for all eternity4--,lavater4 ,new occasions teach new duties2 ,time makes ancient good uncouth2 ,they must upward still1 and onward1 ,who would keep abreast of truth4 --,james ,russell ,lowell4 ,what do we live for if it is not to make life less difficult to each other8--,george ,eliot4 ,good to forgive1 best to forget4--,browning4 ,what reason have we to think any other station in the universe more sanctifying than our own8 ,there is none1 so far as we can tell1 under the more immediate touch of ,god1 none whence sublimer deeps are open to adoration1 none murmuring with the whisper of more thrilling affections or ennobled as the theater of more glorious duties4 ,those to whom the earth is not consecrated will find their heaven profane4--,dr4 ,james ,martineau4 ,whoever can influence men should strive to make them more courageous1 more enduring1 more hopeful1 simpler1 more joyful4--,bishop ,spaulding4 ,it is our part in life to work with all our strength toward the realization of ideal humanity1 to add one more link to the chain which joins the man-brute of the past1 through the man of the present1 to the man of the future4 ,the man who is likest ,him1 we have chosen for our ideal4--,david ,starr ,jordan4 ,my own experience and development deepens every day my conviction that our moral progress may be measured by the degree in which we sympathize with individual suffering and individual joy4--,george ,eliot4 8,when opposition of any kind is necessary1 drop all color of emotion out of it and let it be seen in the white light of truth40 ,the true use of a man's possessions is to help his work1 and the best end of all his work is to show us what he is4 ,the noblest workers of our world bequeath us nothing so great as the image of themselves4--,james ,martineau4 8,what is the secret of your life80 asked ,mrs4 ,browning of ,charles ,kingsley2 8tell me1 that ,i may make mine beautiful too80 ,he replied1 8,i had a friend40--,william ,c4 ,gannett4 ,better make penitents by gentleness than hypocrites by severity4--,st4 ,francis de ,sales4 ,wondrous is the strength of cheerfulness2 altogether past calculation its powers of endurance4--,carlyle4 ,yea1 from the table of my memory ,i'll wipe away all trivial fond records1 that youth and observation copied there2 and thy commandment all along shall live within the book and volume of my brain1 unmixed with baser matter4--,shakespeare4 ,i am surprised that intelligent men do not see the immense value of good temper in their homes2 and am amazed that they will take such pains to have costly houses and fine furniture1 and yet sometimes neglect to bring home with them good temper4--,theodore ,parker4 ,everyone should consider his body as a priceless gift from one whom he loves above all1 a marvelous work of art1 of indescribable beauty1 and mastery beyond human conception1 and so delicate that a word1 a breath1 a look1 nay1 a thought may injure it4--,nikola ,tesla4 ,beware of desperate steps2 the darkest day1 ,lived till to-morrow1 will have passed away4 --,cowper4 ,education should be full of feeling4 ,it takes sunlight to draw out the fragrance of the violet and the perfume of the rose4--,ellen ,a4 ,richardson4 ,we are encompassed about by the forces that make for righteousness4 ,all power we possess1 or seem to possess1 comes from our accord with these forces4 ,there is no lasting force1 except the power of ,god4--,david ,starr ,jordan4 ,if one admires the patience1 gentleness1 sweetness and unfailing energy of another2 if he finds himself renewed and invigorated and inspired by such contact1--why does he not himself so live that he may bring the same renewal and inspiration to others8--,lilian ,whiting4 ,the flighty purpose never is o'ertook ,unless the deed go with it4 --,shakespeare4 ,characters are determined not by the opinions which we profess1 but by those on which our thoughts habitually fasten1 which recur to them most forcibly and which color our ordinary views of ,god and duty4--,william ,ellery ,channing4 ,we are too busy1 too encumbered1 too much occupied1 too active6 ,we read too much6 ,the one thing needful is to throw off all one's load of cares1 and to become young again1 living happily and gracefully in the present hour4 ,we must know how to put occupation aside1 which does not mean that we must be idle4--,translation1 ,mrs4 ,humphry ,ward4 ,the new conditions of life demand the higher spirituality of the individual4 ,but what is this8 ,is it a name1 a mental state of exaltation1 an ecstasy8 ,is it an exalted hour1 or is it conduct8 ,is it a merely theoretical thing1 a vision caught in some rare hour8444 ,if it be thus1 it may have a decorative value in ethics1 but is devoid of any practical bearing on our common life4 ,unless spirituality is the power that transforms falsehood to truth1 selfishness to generosity1 unless it enters into character as a pervasive force1 of what use can it be8 ,spirituality is not negative4 ,it is not the mere absence of sin4 ,it is the most positive state4--,the ,world ,beautiful1 ,lilian ,whiting4 ,the world seemed empty1 and black1 and cold1 ,and wretched1 and helpless1 and very old4 ,god gave me a thought2 a new world grew1 ,the thought created the world anew4 --,s4 ,w4 ,foss4 ,apology is only egotism wrong side out4--,oliver ,wendell ,holmes4 ,no one has any more right to go about unhappy than he has to go about ill-bred4 ,he owes it to himself1 to his friends1 to society and the community in general1 to live up to his best spiritual possibilities1 not only now and then1 but every day and every hour4--,lilian ,whiting4 ,who shoots at the mid-day sun1 though he be sure that he shall never hit the mark1 yet as sure is he that he shall shoot higher than he who aims but at a bush4--,sir ,philip ,sidney4 ,blessed are they who have the gift of making friends1 for it is one of ,god's best gifts4 ,it involves many things1 but1 above all1 the power of going out of one's self1 and seeing and appreciating whatever is noble and loving in another4--,thomas ,hughes4 ,there is no duty the fulfillment of which will not make you happier1 nor any temptation for which there is no remedy4--,seneca4 ,let nothing come between you and the light4--,henry ,d4 ,thoreau4 8,the summer vanishes1 but soon shall come ,the glad young days of yet another year4 ,so do not mourn the passing of a joy1 ,but rather wait the coming of a good1 ,and know ,god never takes a gift away ,but ,he sends other gifts to take its place40 ,we must be as courteous to a man as to a picture1 which we are willing to give the benefit of a good light4--,emerson4 ,the old year is fast slipping back behind us4 ,we cannot stay it if we would4 ,we must go on and leave our past4 ,let us go forth nobly4 ,let us go as those whom greater thoughts and greater deeds await beyond4--,phillips ,brooks4 ,opportunity is a good angel1 but she deserts those who fail to recognize her4 ,the ring of power must be worn2 444 if the charm is not held to service1 it slips away4--,lilian ,whiting4 ,a dull day need not be a depressing day2 depression always implies physical or moral weakness1 and is therefore never to be tolerated so long as one can struggle against it4--,hamilton ,w4 ,mabie4 ',tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours ,and ask them what report they bore to heaven4 --,young's ,night ,thoughts4 ,for the will and not the gift makes the giver4--,lessing4 ,write it on your heart that every day is the best day of the year4--,emerson4 ,if ,i shoot at the sun ,i may hit a star4--,p4 ,t4 ,barnum4 ,the highest point of achievement of yesterday is the starting point of to-day4--,motto of ,paulist ,fathers4 ,i look upon that man as happy1 who1 when there is a question of success1 looks into his work for a reply2 not into the market1 not into opinion1 not into patronage4 ,work is victory4 ,you want but one verdict2 if you have your own1 you are secure of the rest4--,emerson4 ,there is ever a song somewhere1 my dear1 ,be the skies above or dark or fair1 ,there is ever a song that our hearts may hear-- ,there is ever a song somewhere1 my dear-- ,there is ever a song somewhere6 --,james ,whitcomb ,riley4 8,the ,present1 the ,present is all thou hast ,for thy sure possessing2 ,like the ,patriarch's angel1 hold it fast ,till it gives its blessing40 ,what a sublime doctrine it is that goodness cherished now1 is eternal life already entered upon6--,william ,ellery ,channing4 ,he who feels contempt ,for any living thing1 hath faculties ,that he has never used3 ,and thought with him ,is in its infancy4 --,phillips ,brooks4 8#8,this one thing ,i do1' or1 #8,these forty things ,i dabble in1'--which shall it be80 ,i expect to pass through this life but once4 ,if1 therefore1 there is any kindness ,i can show1 or any good ,i can do to any fellow-being1 let me do it now1 let me not defer it1 for ,i shall not pass this way again4--,mrs4 ,a4 ,b4 ,hegeman4 ,we get no good by being ungenerous1 even to a book4--,e4 ,b4 ,browning4 ,build a little fence of trust around to-day1 ,fill the space with loving deeds and therein stay2 ,look not through the sheltering bars upon to-morrow1 ,god will help thee bear what comes of joy or sorrow4 --,mary ,frances ,butts4 ,a wide-spreading1 hopeful disposition is the best umbrella for this vale of tears4--,wm4 ,d4 ,howells4 ,he who meets life as though it meant something worth finding out1 and who expresses his best self1 is the one who has the permanent basis of happiness4--,h4 ,w4 ,dresser4 ,conscience is nothing else but the echo of ,god's voice within the soul4--,e4 ,b4 ,hall4 ,we prepare ourselves for sudden deeds by the reiterated choice of good or evil1 that gradually determines character4--,george ,eliot4 ,to be courteous to one's peers is all very well1 but it is fairness and courtesy and consideration to those in dependent or limited conditions that constitute the true test of the gentleman or lady4--,lilian ,whiting4 ,i like not only to be loved1 but to be told ,i am loved4 ,the realm of silence is large enough beyond the grave4--,george ,eliot4 ,i should count myself fortunate if my home were remembered for some inspiring quality of faith1 charity1 and aspiring intelligence4--,hamilton ,w4 ,mabie4 ,how soon a smile of ,god can change the world6 ,how we are made for happiness--how work ,grows play1 adversity a winning fight6 --,browning4 ,let this auspicious morning be expressed ,with a white stone distinguished from the rest1 ,white as thy fame1 and as thy honor clear1 ,and let new joys attend on thy now added year4 --,dryden4 ,give to a gracious message a host of tongues2 but let ill tidings tell themselves4--,shakespeare4 ,still o'er the earth hastes ,opportunity1 ,seeking the hardy soul that seeks for her4 ,be not abroad1 nor deaf with household cares ,that chatter loudest as they mean the least2 ,swift-willed is thrice willed2 late means nevermore2 ,impatient is her foot1 nor turns again4 --,james ,russell ,lowell4 ,to live content with small means--to seek elegance rather than luxury1 and refinement rather than fashion1 to be worthy not respectable1 and wealthy not rich--to study hard1 think quietly1 talk gently1 act frankly1 to listen to stars and birds1 babes and sages1 with open heart--to bear all cheerfully--do all bravely1 await occasions--never hurry2 in a word1 to let the spiritual1 unbidden and unconscious1 grow up through the common4 ,this is to be my symphony4--,william ,ellery ,channing4 ,let us do our duty in our shop or our kitchen1 the market1 the street1 the office1 the school1 the home1 just as faithfully as if we stood in the front rank of some great battle1 and we knew that victory for mankind depended on our bravery1 strength1 and skill4 ,when we do that1 the humblest of us will be serving in that great army which achieves the welfare of the world4--,theodore ,parker4 ,opportunities correspond with almost mathematical accuracy to the ability for using them4--,lilian ,whiting4 ,the blessedness of life depends more upon its interests than upon its comforts4--,george ,macdonald4 ,no man finds himself until he has created a world for his own soul2 a world apart from care and weakness and the confusion of strife1 in which the faiths that inspire him1 and the ideals that lead him are the great and lasting verities4--,hamilton ,w4 ,mabie4 ,endeavor to be patient in bearing the defects and infirmities of others1 of what sort soever they be2 for thou thyself also hast many failings which must be borne with by others4--,thomas ,kempis4 ,he who does a good deed is instantly ennobled4 ,he who does a mean deed is by the action itself contracted4 ,he who puts off impurity thereby puts on purity4--,emerson4 ,they also serve who only stand and wait4--,milton4 ,he that is choice of his time will be choice of his company and choice of his actions4--,jeremy ,taylor4 ,in all things throughout the world1 the man who looks for the crooked will see the crooked1 and the man who looks for the straight will see the straight4--,ruskin4 ,begin1 live1 aspire1 realize the best ideal of the moment2 and this earnest effort shall lead the way to greater achievement4--,h4 ,w4 ,dresser4 ,music is a moral law4 ,it gives a soul to the universe1 wings to the mind1 flight to the imagination1 a charm to sadness1 gayety and life to everything4 ,it is the essence of order1 and leads to all that is good1 just1 and beautiful4--,plato4 ,if thou wouldst speak a word of loving cheer1 ,oh1 speak it now4 ,this moment is thine own4 --,nellie ,m4 ,richardson4 ,can a man help imitating that with which he holds reverential converse8--,plato4 ,if a man can write a better book1 preach a better sermon1 or make a better mouse-trap1 than his neighbor1 though he builds his house in the woods1 the world will make a beaten path to his door4--,emerson4 ,come1 let us live the poetry we sing4--,edwin ,markham4 8,instead of wishing that all men were of our mind1 we should account it one of the first blessings of life that there are men who do not agree with us4 ,the currents of sea and air are not more necessary than the currents of thought40 ,in looking back over our lives1 we often see that what seemed at the time the worst hours and the most hopeless in their wretchedness were in reality the best of all6 ,they developed powers within us that had heretofore slept2 developed energies of which we had never dreamed4--,james ,freeman ,clarke4 ,let your task be to render yourself worthy of love1 and this even more for your own happiness than for that of another's4--,maurice ,materlinck4 ,there is great danger in constant dissatisfaction4 ,sooner or later1 it will involve the health1 or finances1 or both1 for it destroys the mental balance1 and impairs the judgment4--,c4 ,b4 ,newcomb4 8,don't nurse opportunity too long--take it into active partnership with you at once1 lest it leave you for other company40 ,we just shake hands at meeting ,with many that come nigh2 ,we nod the head in greeting ,to many that go by1-- ,but welcome through the gateway ,our few old friends and true2 ,then hearts leap up1 and straightway ,there's open house for you1 ,old ,friends1 there's open house for you6 ,the surface will be sparkling1 ,let but a sunbeam shine2 ,yet in the deep lies darkling1 ,the true life of the wine6 ,the froth is for the many1 ,the wine is for the few2 ,unseen1 untoucht of any1 ,we keep the best for you1 ,old ,friends1 the very best for you6 ,the many cannot know us2 ,they only pace the strand1 ,where at our worst we show us-- ,the waters thick with sand6 ,but out beyond the leaping ,dim surge 'tis clear and blue2 ,and there1 ,old ,friends1 we are keeping ,a sacred calm for you1 ,old ,friends1 a waiting calm for you4--,gerald ,massey4 ,it is my custom every night to run all over the words and actions of the past day2 for why should ,i fear the sight of my errors when ,i can admonish and forgive myself8 ,i was a little too hot in such a dispute3 my opinion might have been as well spared1 for it gave offense1 and did no good at all4 ,the thing was true2 but all truths are not to be spoken at all times4--,seneca4 ,also1 ,i think that good must come of good1 ,and ill of evil--surely--unto all-- ,in every place and time--seeing sweet fruit ,groweth from wholesome roots1 and bitter things ,from poison stocks2 yea1 seeing1 too1 how spite ,breeds hate1 and kindness1 friends1 and patience1 peace4 --,edwin ,arnold4 ,if we would listen intently1 we might hear the divine voice within1 assuring us that ,god is our life2 that spirit is the only substantial entity and that love is the only law4--,henry ,wood4 ,let us grow out of the idea that because we do some one a favor or render him a service1 that he is thereby under some transcendent obligation to us4 ,let us recognize the truth--that it is we who are obliged if he will permit us to do him a favor4--,lilian ,whiting4 ,let us have faith that right makes might1 and in that faith let us to the end dare to do our duty as we understand it4--,abraham ,lincoln4 ,compass happiness1 since happiness alone is victory4 ,what you make of life1 it will be to you4 ,take it up bravely1 bear it on joyfully1 lay it down triumphantly4--,gail ,hamilton4 ,those things that are not practicable are not desirable4 ,there is nothing that ,god has judged good for us that ,he has not given us the means to accomplish4 ,if we cry like children for the moon1 like children we must cry on4--,burke4 ,i feel the earth move sunward1 ,i join the great march onward1 ,and take by faith while living ,my freehold of thanksgiving4 --,john ,g4 ,whittier4 ,howe'er it be1 it seems to me ',tis only noble to be good2 ,kind hearts are more than coronets1 ,and simple faith than ,norman blood4 --,tennyson4 ,pin thy faith to no man's sleeve2 hast thou not two eyes of thine own8--,carlyle4 ,do your best loyally and cheerfully1 and suffer yourself to feel no anxiety nor fear4 ,your times are in ,god's hands4 ,he has assigned you your place3 ,he will direct your paths2 ,he will accept your efforts1 if they be faithful4--,canon ,farrar4 ,when we cease to look upon any experience as too hard1 we have made a decided step in wise adjustment to life4--,h4 ,w4 ,dresser4 ,a certain awkwardness marks the use of borrowed thoughts1 but as soon as we have learned what to do with them1 they become our own4--,emerson4 ,the choir invisible6 ,who are members of it1 if not all those who in any way are doing the day's work1 whatever it may be1 as well as they know how2 who are trying to make the world happier and pleasanter for those to whom their lives are naturally bound4--,john ,white ,chadwick4 8,by thine own soul's law learn to live1 ,and if men scorn thee1 take no care1 ,and if men hate thee1 take no heed1 ,but sing thy song and do thy deed1 ,and hope thy hope1 and pray thy prayer40 ,there are some who want to get rid of their past1 who1 if they could1 would begin all over again1 444 but you must learn1 you must let ,god teach you1 that the only way to get rid of your past is to get a future out of it4--,phillips ,brooks4 ,it is a sign that your reputation is small and sinking1 if your own tongue must praise you4--,sir ,matthew ,hale4 ,because a man has shop to mind ,in time and place1 since flesh must live1 ,needs spirit lack all life behind1 ,all stray thoughts1 fancies fugitive1 ,all loves except what trade can give8 --,browning4 ,there is no beautifier in form or behavior like the wish to scatter joy1 and not pain1 around us4--,emerson4 ,beware of little expenses2 a small leak will sink a great ship4--,benjamin ,franklin4 ,first make your arrangements1 then trust in heaven2 and in no case worry4--,prof4 ,jowett4 8,hold thy peace or say something better than silence40 8,friend1 all the world's a little queer1 excepting thee and me2 and sometimes ,i think thee a trifle peculiar40 ,we live by our enthusiasm and our exaltations4 ,our sympathies are our strength4 ,our interests are our magnetisms1 and are transmuted into our working capital4--,lilian ,whiting4 ,his heart was as great as the world1 but there was no room in it to hold the memory of a wrong4 7,said of ,lincoln47--,emerson4 ,he is all truth in his words1 and justice in his actions1 and if the whole world should disbelieve his integrity1 dispute his character1 and question his happiness1 he would neither take it ill in the least1 nor turn aside from that path that leads to the aim of life1 toward which he must move1 pure1 calm1 well prepared--and with perfect resignation in his fate4--,marcus ,aurelius4 ,observe good faith and justice toward all nations1 cultivate peace and harmony with all4 ,religion and morality enjoin this conduct2 and can it be that good policy does not equally enjoin it8--,washington4 ,it is well to believe that there needs but a little more thought1 a little more courage1 more love1 more devotion to life1 a little more eagerness1 one day to fling open wide the portals of joy and of truth4--,maurice ,materlinck4 ,the mind has a thousand eyes1 ,and the heart but one2 ,yet the light of a whole life dies ,when love is done4 --,f4 ,w4 ,bourdillon4 ,a man's home is his castle1 but it ought to be more4 ,it ought to be his home4 ,that it is his castle is his right by law4 ,to make it a real home depends upon himself4--,sir ,j4 ,lubbock4 ,we can fix our eyes on perfection and make almost everything speed towards it4--,w4 ,e4 ,channing4 8,it was the heaven within her that made a heaven without40 ,he who1 forgetting self1 makes the object of his life service1 helpfulness and kindness to others1 finds his whole nature growing and expanding1 himself becoming large-hearted1 magnanimous1 kind1 sympathetic1 joyous and happy2 his life becoming rich and beautiful4--,ralph ,waldo ,trine4 8,talk happiness2 the world is sad enough ,without your woes4 ,no path is wholly rough3 ,look for the places that are smooth and clear1 ,and speak of these to rest the weary ear ,of earth1 so hurt by one continuous strain ,of human discontent and grief and pain40 ,lord ,god of ,hosts1 be with us yet1 ,lest we forget1--lest we forget6 --,kipling4 ,this world's no blot for us ,nor blank2 it means intensely and means good3 ,to find its meaning is my meat and drink4 --,robert ,browning4 ,the test of friendship is its fidelity when every charm of fortune and environment has been swept away1 and the bare1 undraped character alone remains2 if love still holds steadfast1 and the joy of companionship still survives1 in such an hour1 the fellowship becomes a beautiful prophecy of immortality4--,hamilton ,wright ,mabie4 ,we lose vigor through thinking continually the same set of thoughts4 ,new thought is new life4--,prentice ,mulford4 ,no sadder proof can be given by a man of his own littleness than disbelief in great men4--,carlyle4 ,if you want knowledge1 you must toil for it2 if food1 you must toil for it2 and if pleasure1 you must toil for it4 ,toil is the law4 ,pleasure comes through toil1 and not by self-indulgence and indolence4 ,when one gets to love work1 his life is a happy one4--,ruskin4 ,nay1 never falter2 no great deed is done ,by falterers who ask for certainty4 ,no good is certain but the steadfast mind1 ,the undivided will to seek the good4 --,george ,eliot4 ,there is a class of people who are comparatively valueless to the world because of a certain morbidness which they are pleased to call sensitiveness4 ,in reality it is nothing of the sort4 ,it is self-love--a refined variety of it1 to be sure1 but none the less is it the result of a selfishly subjective state1 in which they look in and not out1 and down and not up1 and fail to lend a hand--not from any real unwillingness1 but because they are looking in1 and do not see the opportunity4--,lilian ,whiting4 ,no one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of it to anyone else4--,dickens4 ,we always weaken when we exaggerate4--,la ,harpe4 ,it is not poverty that helps a man2 it is the effort by which he throws off the yoke of poverty that enlarges the powers4--,david ,starr ,jordan4 8,of all bad habits1 despondency is among the least respectable1 and there is no one quite so tiresome as the sad-visaged ,christian who is oppressed by the wickedness and hopelessness of the world40 ,rest is not idleness1 and to lie sometimes on the grass under the trees on a summer's day1 listening to the murmur of water1 or watching the clouds float across the sky1 is by no means waste of time4--,sir ,j4 ,lubbock4 ,there is no preservative and antiseptic1 nothing that keeps one's heart young like sympathy1 like giving one's self with enthusiasm to some worthy thing or cause4--,john ,burroughs4 ,a truly concentrated life promptly rejects every thought of past or future that would disturb its confidence in the present hour4--,c4 ,b4 ,newcomb4 ,a man can never be idle with safety and advantage until he has been so trained by work that he makes his freedom more fruitful than his toil4--,hamilton ,wright ,mabie4 ,after every storm the sun will smile2 for every problem there is a solution1 and the soul's indefeasible duty is to be of good cheer4--,wm4 ,r4 ,alger4 ,be sure to live on the sunny side1 and even then do not expect the world to look bright1 if you habitually wear gray-brown glasses4--,chas4 ,h4 ,eliot4 ,whenever ,conscience calls a halt1 it is no place for ,reason to debate the question4 ,the way ahead is no thoroughfare4--,charles ,egbert ,craddock4 ,give what you have4 ,to some one it may be better than you dare to think4--,longfellow4 8,if bitterness has crept into the heart in the friction of the busy day's unguarded moments1 be sure it steals away with the setting sun4 ,twilight is ,god's interval for peace-making40 ,it is surely better to pardon too much than to condemn too much4--,geo4 ,eliot4 8,the initial need to enjoyment is not many possessions1 but much appreciation40 ,just to be good1 to keep life pure from degrading elements1 to make it constantly helpful in little ways to those who are touched by it1 to keep one's spirit always sweet and avoid all manner of petty anger and irritability1--that is an idea as noble as it is difficult4--,edward ,howard ,griggs4 ,many men owe the grandeur of their lives to their tremendous difficulties4--,spurgeon4 8,no matter how narrow your limits ,go forth and make them broad3 ,you are every one the daughter or son1 ,crown prince or princess of ,god40 ,the best help is not to bear the troubles of others for them1 but to inspire them with courage and energy to bear their burdens for themselves and meet the difficulties of life bravely4--,lubbock4 ,never tell evil of a man1 if you do not know it for certainty1 and if you know it for a certainty1 then ask yourself1 8,why should ,i tell it80--,lavater4 ,illustration3 ,henry ,ward ,beecher ,great powers and natural gifts do not bring privileges to their possessors so much as they bring duties4 ,let us then labor for an inward stillness1 ,an inward stillness and an inward healing2 ,that perfect silence where the lips and heart ,are still1 and we no longer entertain ,our own imperfect thoughts and vain opinions1 ,but ,god alone speaks in us1 and we wait ,in singleness of heart that we may know ,his will1 and in the silence of our own spirits1 ,that we may do ,his will1 and that only4--,longfellow4 ,many persons might have attained to wisdom had they not assumed that they already possessed it4--,seneca4 ,stagnation is death1 whether it be physical or spiritual4 ,a pool cannot be pure and sweet unless there is an outlet as well as an inlet4 ,unless you use for the service of others what ,god has already given you1 you will find it a long weary road to ,spiritual ,understanding4--,h4 ,emilie ,cady4 ,make friends with your trials1 as though you were always to live together1 and you will find that when you cease to take thought for your own deliverance1 ,god will take thought for you4--,francis de ,sales4 8,god will never leave you without light enough to take one step4 ,don't stop walking till the light gives out40 ,we ask for long life1 but 'tis deep life1 or grand moments that signify4 ,let the measure of time be spiritual1 not mechanical4--,emerson4 ,if a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through life1 he will soon find himself alone4 ,a man1 sir1 should keep his friendships in constant repair4--,dr4 ,johnson4 8,happiness does not depend on money or leisure1 or society1 or even on health2 it depends on our relation to those we love40 ,life without endeavor is like entering a jewel-mine and coming out with empty hands4--,japanese ,proverb4 ,accustom yourself to master and overcome things of difficulty2 for if you observe--the left hand for want of practice is insignificant--and not adapted to general business2 yet it holds the bridle better than the right--from constant use4--,pliny4 ,almost every moment of the day the eye is receiving impressions from outward objects1 and instantly communicating these impressions to the soul4 ,thus the soul receives every day thousands of impressions1 good or bad1 according to the character of the objects presented4--,cardinal ,gibbons4 ,our greatest glory is not in never falling1 but in rising every time we fall4--,confucius4 ,nobody has any right to find life uninteresting or unrewarding who sees within the sphere of his own activity a wrong he can help to remedy1 or within himself an evil he can hope to overcome4--,chas4 ,h4 ,eliot4 ,it is as amazing as it is sad1 that we go about so largely burdening ourselves with strivings that are of no consequence1 and miss the gladness and exhilaration of living4 ,no life is successful until it is radiant4 ,the ,king of ,glory is always ready to come in4 ,why do we bar the way8 ,we cannot all live in palaces2 but we can all live in the ,kingdom of ,heaven1 and the material luxuries of the one pale before the glow and thrill and exaltation of the other4--,the ,world ,beautiful1 ,lilian ,whiting4 8,as ,i walked by myself ,i talked with myself1 ,and myself said this unto me3 ,make friends with thyself1 ,be true to thyself1 ,and thyself thy good angel shall be40 ,the prosperity of a nation depends upon the health and morals of its citizens1 and the health and morals of people depend mainly upon the food they eat and the houses they live in4 ,the time has come when we must have a science of domestic economy1 and it must be worked out in the homes of our educated women4 ,a knowledge of the elements of chemistry and physics must be applied to the daily living4--,ellen ,richards4 ',tis looking downward makes one dizzy4--,browning4 ,contact with nobler natures arouses the feelings of unused power and quickens the consciousness of responsibility4--,canon ,westcott4 ,diligence is the mother of good luck4--,benjamin ,franklin4 8,diving and finding no pearl in the sea1 ,blame not the ocean1 the fault is in thee40 ,a partnership with ,god is motherhood1 ,what strength1 what purity1 what self-control1 ,what love1 what wisdom should belong to her ,who helps ,god fashion an immortal soul6 --,mary ,wood ,allen4 ,no one but yourself can make your life beautiful1 no one can be pure1 honorable and loving for you4--,j4 ,r4 ,miller4 ,ah1 the key of our life1 that passes all wards1 opens all locks1 ,is not ,i will1 but ,i must1 ,i must1 ,i must1--and ,i do it4 --,a4 ,h4 ,clough4 ,i beg you take courage3 the brave soul can mend even disaster4--,catherine of ,russia4 ,opinions are often the very death of love4 ,love aright and you will come to think aright2 and those who think aright1 must think the same4 ,in the meantime1 it matters nothing4 ,the thing that does matter is that whereto we have attained4--,geo4 ,macdonald4 ,would the face of nature be so serene and beautiful if man's destiny were not equally so8--,thoreau4 ,some men move through life as a band of music moves down the street1 flinging out pleasure on every side through the air1 to every one far and near that can listen4--,henry ,ward ,beecher4 ,man is his own star2 and the soul that can ,render an honest and an upright man1 ,commands all light1 all influence1 all fate2 ,nothing to him falls early or too late4 ,our acts our angels are1 or good or ill1 ,our fatal shadows that walk by us still4 --,beaumont and ,fletcher4 ,the nearer you come into relation with a person1 the more necessary do tact and courtesy become4--,holmes4 ,what your heart thinks great is great4 ,the soul's emphasis is always right4--,emerson4 ,courage1 ,sir1 ,that makes a man or woman look their goodliest4 --,tennyson4 ,for a woman to be wise and at the same time womanly1 is to wield a tremendous influence which may be felt for good in the lives of generations to come4--,david ,starr ,jordan4 ,we never know for what ,god is preparing us in his schools1 for what work on earth1 for what work in the hereafter4 ,our business is to do our work well in the present place1 whatever that may be4--,lyman ,abbott4 ,there is no unbelief3 ,whoever plants a seed beneath the sod1 ,and waits to see it push away the clod1 ,trusts in ,god4 --,bulwer-,lytton4 ,the world is such stuff as ideas are made of4 ,thought possesses all things4 ,but the world is not unreal4 ,it extends infinitely beyond our private consciousness1 because it is the world of a universal mind4--,josiah ,royce4 ,in ,life's small things be resolute and great ,to keep thy muscles trained2 know'st thou when fate ,thy measure takes8 or when she'll say to thee1 8,i find thee worthy1 do this thing for me60 --,emerson4 ,to hold one's self in readiness for opportunity1 to keep the serene1 confident1 hopeful1 and joyful energy of mind1 is to magnetize it1 and draw privileges and power toward one4 ,the concern is not whether opportunity will present itself1 but as to whether we will be ready for the opportunity4 ,it comes not to doubt and denial and disbelief4 ,it comes to sunny expectation1 eager purpose1 and to noble and generous aspiration4--,lilian ,whiting4 ,let not soft slumber close your eyes1 ,before you've recollected thrice ,the train of action through the day4 ,where have my feet chose out their way8 ,what have ,i learnt1 where'er ,i've been1 ,from all ,i've heard1 from all ,i've seen8 ,what know ,i more that's worth the knowing8 ,what have ,i done that's worth the doing8 --,isaac ,watts4 ,if we neglect to exercise any talent1 power1 or quality1 it soon falls away from us4--,henry ,wood4 ,every moment of worry weakens the soul for its daily combat4--,anna ,robertson ,brown4 ,with aching hands and bleeding feet ,we dig and heap1 lay stone on stone2 ,we bear the burden and the heat of the long day ,and wish 'twere done4 ,not till the hour of light return ,all we have built do we discern4 --,matthew ,arnold4 ,what a man is inwardly that to him will the world be outwardly3 his mood affects the very 8quality of the day40--,bradford ,torrey4 ,this is my youth--its hopes and dreams ,how strange and shadowy it all seems1 ,after these many years6 ,turning the pages idly1 so1 ,i look with smiles upon the woe1 ,upon the joy1 with tears6--,aldrich4 ,it is in loving1 not in being loved1 ,the heart is blessed2 ,it is in giving1 not in seeking gifts1 ,we find our quest4 ,whatever be thy longing or thy need1 ,that do thou give4 ,so shalt thy soul be fed1 and thou1 indeed1 ,shalt truly live4 --,m4 ,e4 ,russell4 ,the world is a looking glass1 ,wherein ourselves are shown1-- ,kindness for kindness1 cheer for cheer1 ,coldness for gloom1 repulse for fear1-- ,to every soul its own4 ,we cannot change the world a whit1 ,only ourselves1 who look in it4 --,susan ,coolidge4 ,i would say to all3 use your gentlest voice at home4 ,watch it day by day1 as a pearl of great price2 for it will be worth to you in days to come more than the best pearl hid in the sea4 ,a kind voice is joy1 like a lark's song1 to a hearth at home4 ,it is a light that sings as well as shines4 ,train it to sweet tones now1 and it will keep in tune through life4--,elihu ,burritt4 ,in a world in which so many people wear the same clothes1 live in the same house1 eat the same dinner1 and say the same things1 blessed are the individuals who are not lost in the mob1 who have their own thoughts1 and live their own lives4--,hamilton ,wright ,mabie4 ,there are people who go about the world looking for slights and they are necessarily miserable1 for they find them at every turn4--,drummond4 ,he who has a thousand rooms sleeps in but one4--,japanese ,proverb4 ,be happy1 peaceful and satisfied just as you stand1 having sufficient steadiness and independence to hold your own against the eddies and rapids about you4 ,apply practically that which you perceive spiritually4 ,accept your position as it is1 and make the very best of it till it passes4 ,work with it1 knowing that ,infinite ,wisdom is guiding you3 and so cease all anxious thought1 and rest4--,god's ,light as ,it ,came to ,me4 ,aspire1 break bounds6 ,i say1 ,endeavor to be good1 and better still1 ,and best6 --,robert ,browning4 ,,christmas ,,day4 ,glory be to ,thee in the highest heavens1 ,o ,thou ,god of our salvation4 ,thou hast proclaimed peace on earth and infinite good will to men4 ,unto us has been born a ,guide and ,deliverer4 ,we hail the morning which commemorates ,his birth4 ,we thank ,thee that we may unite in the joyful commemoration which makes us one with millions of ,thy children in all parts of the world4--,altar at ,home4 ,lift up yourselves to the great meaning of the day1 and dare to think of your humanity as something so divinely precious that it is worthy of being an offering to ,god4 ,count it a privilege to make that offering as complete as possible1 keeping nothing back1 and then go out to the pleasures and duties of your life1 having been born anew into ,his divinity1 as ,he was born into our humanity on ,christmas ,day4--,phillips ,brooks4 ,then wisely weigh ,our sorrow with our comfort4 --,shakespeare4 ,there are two times in a man's life when he should not speculate2 when he can't afford it1 and when he can4--,mark ,twain4 ,a man may get to his journey's end by the light of a lantern1 but he is less secure than the man who travels by daylight1 and he loses the landscape4--,hamilton ,wright ,mabie4 ,as our ideal becomes loftier1 so does it become more real2 and the nobler our soul1 the less does it dread that it meet not a soul of its stature2 for it must have drawn near unto truth1 in whose neighborhood all things must take of its greatness4--,maurice ,materlinck4 ,the importance of a home it is impossible to exaggerate4 ,what is liberty without it8 ,what is education in schools without it8 ,the greatness of no nation can be secure that is not based upon a pure home life4--,arnold ,toynbee4 ,nay1 if you come to that1 best love of all ,is ,god's2 then why not have ,god's love befall ,myself8 --,robert ,browning4 ,let nothing disturb thee1 ,nothing affright thee2 ,all things are passing2 ,god never changeth2 ,patient endurance ,attaineth to all things2 ,who ,god possesseth ,in nothing is wanting2 ,alone ,god sufficeth4 --,santa ,teresa's ,book ,mark4 ,when a beautiful soul harmonizes with a beautiful form1 and the two are cast in one mould1 that will be the fairest of sights to him who has the eye to contemplate the vision4--,plato4 ,it is only to the finest natures that age gives an added beauty and distinction2 for the most persistent self has then worked its way to the surface1 having modified the expression1 and to some extent1 the features1 to its own likeness4--,mathilde ,blind4 8,god never loved me in so sweet a way before1 ',tis ,he alone who can such blessings send1 ,and when ,his love would new expressions find1 ,he brought thee to me1 and ,he said1 #8,behold a friend4'0 8,we can never see the sun rise by looking into the west40 ,give not thy tongue too great liberty1 lest it take thee a prisoner4 ,a word unspoken is like the sword in the scabbard--thine3 if vented1 thy sword is in another's hand4--,quarles4 ,reputation is in itself only a farthing candle1 of wavering and uncertain flame1 and easily blown out2 but it is the light by which the world looks for and finds merit4--,lowell4 ,the making of friends1 who are real friends1 is the best token we have of a man's success in life4--,edward ,everett ,hale4 8,it was only a glad #8,good-morning' ,as she passed along the way1 ,but it spread the morning's glory ,over the live long day40 ,there is only one way to have good servants2 that is1 to be worthy of being well served4 ,only let it be remembered that 8kindness0 means1 as with your child1 so with your servant1 not indulgence1 but care4--,ruskin4 ,illustration3 ,james ,freeman ,clarke ,to educate the heart1 one must be willing to go out of himself and to come into loving contact with others4 8,far out of sight1 while sorrows still enfold us1 ,lies the fair country where our hearts abide3 ,and of its bliss is naught more wondrous told us1 ,than these few words1 #8,i shall be satisfied4'0 8,though there come a million1 ,wise ,saadi dwells alone40 ,but it is a question as to whether ,saadi is wise when he prefers to dwell alone4 ,living on earth1 is it not one's duty to hear many voices that ring in its air8 ,is one's life for mere acquirement1 or to show results and flower into influence and deed8--,the ,world ,beautiful1 ,lilian ,whiting4 ,the mountain top must be reached no matter how many times we fall in reaching it4 ,the fall is not counted1 it does not register2 the picking up and going on counts in life4--,flora ,howard4 ,success in life is a matter not so much of talent or opportunity as of concentration and perseverance4--,chas4 ,w4 ,wendte4 ,be what thou seemest2 live thy creed1 ,hold up to earth the touch divine2 ,be what thou prayest to be made2 ,let the great ,master's steps be thine4 --,horatio ,bonar4 ,to be honest1 to be kind1 to earn a little1 and to spend a little less1 to make upon the whole1 a family happier for his presence1 to renounce when that shall be necessary and not to be embittered1 to keep a few friends1 but these without capitulation2 above all1 on the same condition1 to keep friends with himself1 here is a task for all a man has of fortitude and delicacy4--,robert ,louis ,stevenson4 ,who is the honest man8 ,he that doth still and strongly good pursue1 ,to ,god1 his neighbor and himself most true1 ,whom neither force nor fawning can ,unpin1 or wrench from giving all their due4 --,george ,herbert4 ,take the ,sunday with you through the week1 ,and sweeten with it all the other days4 --,longfellow4 ,god will not mock the hope he giveth1 ,no love he prompts shall vainly plead4 --,whittier4 ,god's goodness hath been great to thee2 ,let never day or night unhallowed pass1 ,but still remember what the ,lord hath done4 --,shakespeare4 ,yet ere we part1 one lesson ,i can leave you ,for every day4444 ,be good4444 ,do noble things1 not dream them1 all day long3 ,and so make life1 death1 and that vast forever ,one grand sweet song4 --,charles ,kingsley4 ,,index ,,to ,,poems ,,page ,a ,,new ,,year ,,motto ,j4 ,m4 ,c4 ,bouchard4 #bh ,,come ,,up ,,higher ,james ,g4 ,clarke4 #i ,,good ,,in ,,thought ,james ,russell ,lowell4 #cd ,,infinite ,,love #cg ,,my ,,soul ,,and ,i ,laura ,barker4 #hb ,,old ,,friends ,gerald ,massey4 #aag ,,opportunity ,james ,russell ,lowell4 #aac ,,prayer ,canon ,farrar4 #ag ,,santa ,,teresa',s ,,book ,,mark #adc ,,the ,,mountain ,,and ,,the ,,squirrel ,ralph ,waldo ,emerson4 #ge ,,to ,,know ,,and ,,do ,,his ,,will ,henry ,wadsworth ,longfellow4 #abi ,,truth ,,by ,,majority ,edward ,rowland ,sill4 #dc ,,wouldst ,,shape ,a ,,noble ,,life8 ,goethe4 #fg ,,you ,,can ,,never ,,tell ,,what ,,your ,,thoughts ,,will ,,do #aa ,,index ,,to ,,authors ,abbott1 ,dr4 ,lyman1 #fd1 #ace ,alcott1 ,louisa ,may1 #hh ,aldrich1 ,thomas ,b41 #ch1 #ach ,alger1 ,wm4 ,r41 #abg ,allen1 ,james ,lane1 #dh1 #fb ,allen1 ,mary ,wood1 #acc ,allison1 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