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"This fear of the Lord is indeed the beginning of wisdom. This consciousness of sin is the straight pathway to heaven."
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"As light nourishes plants, wisdom nourishes sages."
"Beautiful silence is better than ugly speech."
"If you were brought up on a poor man's brand of drink and prefer that to this very day then do not pretend you like expensive wine."
"The beginning of wisdom is understanding that life is full of ongoing learning experiences."
"The post on her left was occupied by Mr. Erskine of Treadley, an old gentleman of considerable charm and culture, who had fallen, however, into bad habits of silence, having, as he explained once to Lady Agatha, said everything that he had to say before he was thirty."
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"There is no persuasiveness more effectual than the transparency of a single heart, of a sincere life."
"Try to help others. Consult their weaknesses, relieve their maladies; strive to raise them up, and by so doing you will most effectually raise yourself up also."
"It is strange to reflect how much energy is thrown away in attempting to know the unknowable."
"But on the other hand, while disclaiming any change in my opinions, I desire equally to disclaim the representations of those opinions which have been put forward in some quarters."
"Absolve me, teach me, purify me, strengthen me: take me to Thyself, that I may be Thine and Thine only."
"God helping me, I will help my brothers and sisters in Christ, because they are my brothers and sisters."
"But there is another danger besetting your path. I mean the error of regarding your own capacities instead of your work, of putting self-consciousness in place of God."
"Words contract a significance which clings to them long after the condition of things to which they owe it has passed away."
"This fear of the Lord is indeed the beginning of wisdom. This consciousness of sin is the straight pathway to heaven."
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