SundayFeb 15, 2026
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A room without books is as a body without a soul.
When we have done our best, we should wait the results in peace.
What we see depends mainly on what we look for.
The important thing is not so much that every child should be taught, as that every child should be given the wish to learn.
Reading and writing, arithmetic and grammar do not constitute education, any more than a knife, fork and spoon constitute a dinner.
We often hear of people breaking down from overwork, but in nine out of ten they are really suffering from worry or anxiety.
Those who have not distinguished themselves at school need not on that account be discouraged. The greatest minds do not necessarily ripen the quickest.
There is however, a true music of Nature - the song of the birds, the whisper of leaves, the ripple of waters upon a sandy shore, the wail of wind or sea.
The soul is, of course, the noblest part of man.
The requisites of health are plain enough; regular habits, daily exercise, cleanliness, and moderation in all things - in eating as well as in drinking - would keep most people well.
The carnage and suffering which war entails are terrible to contemplate, and constitute an irresistible argument in favor of arbitration.
Sunsets are so beautiful that they almost seem as if we were looking through the gates of Heaven.
Some words are like rays of sunshine, others like barbed arrows or the bite of a serpent. And if hard words cut so deep, how much pleasure can kind ones give?
Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass on a summer day listening to the murmur of water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is hardly a waste of time.
Your character will be what you yourself choose to make it.
If you have written a clever and conclusive, but scathing letter, keep it back till the next day, And it will very often never go at all.
Our ambition should be to rule ourselves, the true kingdom for each one of us; and true progress is to know more, and Be more, and to do more.
Marriage is a great responsibility. Do not trust altogether to, or be beguiled by, the eye, for marriages are not to be contracted by the hands and eye, but with reason and the heart.
It is indeed astonishing how many great men have been poor.
Art is unquestionably one of the purest and highest elements in human happiness. It trains the mind through the eye, and the eye through the mind. As the sun colors flowers, so does art color life.
Be cautious, but not too cautious; do not be too much Afraid of making a mistake; a man who never makes a mistake will make nothing.
Do not be afraid of showing your affection. Be warm and tender, thoughtful and affectionate. Men are more helped By sympathy, than by service; love is more than money, and A kind word will give more pleasure than a present.
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