WednesdayAug 12, 2026
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Colleges are places where pebbles are polished and diamonds are dimmed.
Anger is a wind which blows out the lamp of the mind.
I suppose it can be truthfully said that hope is the only universal liar who never loses his reputation for veracity.
Happiness is not a reward - it is a consequence. Suffering is not a punishment - it is a result.
In the republic of mediocrity, genius is dangerous.
What light is to the eyes - what air is to the lungs - what love is to the heart, liberty is to the soul of man.
Our hope of immortality does not come from any religions, But nearly all religions come from that hope.
A believer is a bird in a cage, a free-thinker is an eagle parting the clouds with tireless wing.
It is a thousand times better to have common sense without education than to have education without common sense.
Anger blows out the lamp of the mind. In the examination of a great and important question, everyone should be serene, slow-pulsed and calm.
Commerce is the great civilizer. We exchange ideas when we exchange fabrics.
In nature there are neither rewards nor punishments there are consequences.
Every flower about a house certifies to the refinement of somebody. Every vine climbing and blossoming tells of love and joy.
Happiness is not a reward it is a consequence. Suffering is not a punishment it is a result.
There is no slavery but ignorance.
Justice should remove the bandage from her eyes long enough to distinguish between the vicious and the unfortunate.
Love is the only bow on life's dark cloud. It is the Morning and the Evening Star. It shines upon the cradle of the babe, and sheds its radiance upon the quiet tomb. It is the Mother of Art, inspirer of poet, patriot, and philosopher. It is the air and light of every heart, builder of every home, kindler of every fire on every hearth. It was the first dream of immortality. It fills the world with melody, for music is the voice of Love. Love is the magician, the enchanter, that changes worthless things to joy, and makes right royal kings of common clay. It is the perfume of the wondrous flowerthe heartand without that sacred passion, ... we are less than beasts; but with it, earth and heaven are gods.
Learn to love good books. There are treasures in books that all the money in the world cannot buy, but the poorest laborer can have for nothing.
The way to be happy is to make others so.
Reason, Observation, and Experience the Holy Trinity of Science.
Few rich men own their own property. The property owns them.
One man in the right will finally get to be a majority.
... the hands that help are holier than the lips that pray.
Every man who expresses an honest thought is a soldier in the army of intellectual liberty.
Anger blows out the lamp of the mind.
I would rather be a beggar and spend my money like a king, than be a king and spend money like a beggar.
Courage without conscience is a wild beast.
The greatest test of courage on earth is to bear defeat without losing heart.
It is a blessed thing that in every age some one has had the individuality enough and courage enough to stand by his own convictions.
Justice is the only worship. Love is the only priest. Ignorance is the only slavery. Happiness is the only good. The time to be happy is now, The place to be happy is here, The way to be happy is to make others so.
I am the inferior of any man whose rights I trample under foot. Men are not superior by the accidents of race or color. They are superior who have the best heart the best brain.
The superior man is the providence of the inferior. He is eyes for the blind, strength for the weak, and a shield for the defenseless. He stands erect by bending above the fallen. He rises by lifting others.
I believe it was Magellan who said, 'The Church says that the Earth is flat, but I know that it is round. For I have seen the shadow on the moon and I have more faith in the Shadow than in the Church.'
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