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We love we know not what, and therefore everything allures us.


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This moment exhibits infinite space, but there is a space also wherein all moments are infinitely exhibited, and the everlasting duration of infinite space is another region and room of joys.

This moment exhibits infinite space, but there is a space also wherein all moments are infinitely exhibited, and the everlasting duration of infinite space is another region and room of joys.



You never enjoy the world aright, till the sea itself floweth in your veins, till you are clothed with the heavens and crowned with the stars.

You never enjoy the world aright, till the sea itself floweth in your veins, till you are clothed with the heavens and crowned with the stars.



You are as prone to love, as the sun is to shine.

You are as prone to love, as the sun is to shine.



The world is a mirror of infinite beauty, yet no man sees it.

The world is a mirror of infinite beauty, yet no man sees it.



You are as prone to love as the sun is to shine; it being the most delightful and natural employment of the soul of humans.

You are as prone to love as the sun is to shine; it being the most delightful and natural employment of the soul of humans.



I will not by the noise of bloody wars and the dethroning of kings advance you to glory: but by the gentle ways of peace and love.

I will not by the noise of bloody wars and the dethroning of kings advance you to glory: but by the gentle ways of peace and love.



Sure Man was born to meditate on things, And to contemplate the eternal springs Of God and Nature, glory, bliss and pleasure: That life and love might be his eternal treasure.

Sure Man was born to meditate on things, And to contemplate the eternal springs Of God and Nature, glory, bliss and pleasure: That life and love might be his eternal treasure.



Souls are God's jewels.

Souls are God's jewels.



The world is a mirror of infinite beauty, yet no man sees it. It is a Temple of Majesty, yet no man regards it. It is a region of Light and Peace, did not men disquiet it. It is the Paradise of God.

The world is a mirror of infinite beauty, yet no man sees it. It is a Temple of Majesty, yet no man regards it. It is a region of Light and Peace, did not men disquiet it. It is the Paradise of God.



To love one person with a private love is poor and miserable: to love all is glorious.

To love one person with a private love is poor and miserable: to love all is glorious.





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We take our bearings, daily, from others. To be sane is, to a great extent, to be sociable.



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The great basis of the Christian faith is compassion; do not dismiss that from your hearts, neither will your Maker.



I just now put [Robert Altman] down feeling heartbroken but happily and deeply inspired. . . . Wonderful.

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