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"The Divine wisdom has given us prayer, not as a means whereby to obtain the good things of earth, but as a means whereby we learn to do without them; not as a means whereby we escape evil, but as a means whereby we become strong to meet it."
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"It is more true to say that our opinions depend upon our lives and habits, than to say that our lives and habits depend on our opinions."

"Only so far as a man believes strongly, mightily, can he act cheerfully, or do anything that is worth doing."

"Men... are bettered and improved by trial, and refined out of broken hopes and blighted expectations."

"A silent man is easily reputed wise. A man who suffers none to see him in the common jostle and undress of life, easily gathers round him a mysterious veil of unknown sanctity, and men honor him for a saint. The unknown is always wonderful."

"Instruction ends in the schoolroom, but education ends only with life. A child is given to the universe to be educated."

"The true aim of everyone who aspires to be a teacher should be, not to impart his own opinions, but to kindle minds."

"The one who will be found in trial capable of great acts of love is ever the one who is always doing considerate small ones."
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"As light nourishes plants, wisdom nourishes sages."

"Self-knowledge is the greatest education."

"You are a product of your mind, a result of your thoughts, and a consequence of your actions."

"Beautiful silence is better than ugly speech."
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