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Fortunately for themselves and the world, nearly all men are cowards and dare not act on what they believe. Nearly all our disasters come of a few fools having the "courage of their convictions."


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To one who waits, all things reveal themselves so long as you have the courage not to deny in the darkness what you have seen in the light.

To one who waits, all things reveal themselves so long as you have the courage not to deny in the darkness what you have seen in the light.



A saint is a person who does almost everything any other decent person does, only somewhat better and with a totally different motive.

A saint is a person who does almost everything any other decent person does, only somewhat better and with a totally different motive.



One fool will deny more truth in half an hour than a wise man can prove in seven years.

One fool will deny more truth in half an hour than a wise man can prove in seven years.



Ah, whither shall a maiden flee, When a bold youth so swift pursues, And siege of tenderest courtesy, With hope perseverant, still renews!

Ah, whither shall a maiden flee, When a bold youth so swift pursues, And siege of tenderest courtesy, With hope perseverant, still renews!



Great is his faith who dares believe his own eyes.

Great is his faith who dares believe his own eyes.



It is one thing to be blind, and another to be in darkness.

It is one thing to be blind, and another to be in darkness.



A woman is a foreign land.

A woman is a foreign land.



The sunshine dreaming upon Salmon's heightIs not so sweet and whiteAs the most heretofore sin-spotted SoulThat darts to its delightStraight from the absolution of a faithful fight.

The sunshine dreaming upon Salmon's heightIs not so sweet and whiteAs the most heretofore sin-spotted SoulThat darts to its delightStraight from the absolution of a faithful fight.



Ask abundantly, for the measure of your asking shall be that of your receiving.

Ask abundantly, for the measure of your asking shall be that of your receiving.



The promises of God are samples of what is promised; as a handful of wheat is of the barn.

The promises of God are samples of what is promised; as a handful of wheat is of the barn.





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I was raised to volunteer: nursing homes, clinics, church nurseries, school, everywhere that could use help. It's such an intrinsic part of me, to use my life to help improve the quality of others.

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The Library is a wilderness of books.

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By 1988, I was living in New York myself.



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There is a certain type of conversation one hears only when one is drunk and it is like a dream, full of humor and threat and significance, deep significance.



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