philosophy

"Clothed in her virgin white integrity."

"I sing the progress of a deathless soul."

"And seeing the snail, which everywhere doth roam,Carrying his own house still, still is at home,Follow (for he is easy paced) this snail,Be thine own palace, or the world’s thy gaol."

"Between the finite and the infinite The missing link of Love has left a void. Supply the link, and earth with Heaven will join In one continued chain of endless life."

"I find a rapture linked with each despair, Well worth the price of anguish. I detect More good than evil in humanity. Love lights more fires than hate extinguishes, And men grow better as the world gr…"

"You never can tell when you do an act Just what the result will be; But with every deed you are sowing a seed, Though the harvest you may not see. Each kindly act is an acorn dropped In God's producti…"

"Laugh, and the world laughs with you; Weep, and you weep alone. For this brave old earth must borrow its mirth, But has trouble enough of its own. Sing, and the hills will answer; Sigh, it is lost on …"

"Oh you who read some song I have sung What know you of the soul from whence it sprung"

"The future announces itself from afar. But most people are not listening. The noisy clatter of the present drowns out the tentative sound of things to come. The sound of the new does not fit old perce…"

""One of the reasons why mature people are apt to learn less than young people is that they are willing to risk less. Learning is a risky business, and they do not like failure.""

"Determination and hard work are the driving forces behind every great achievement."

"Success is not just about achieving personal goals, but also about making a positive impact on society."

"Don't be afraid to fail. Failure is just another stepping stone to success."

"Innovation is seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking what no one else has thought."

"It is very easy to become motivated if you lived in one of the harshest places in the world and become aware that a good education offers an opportunity for a better life."

"The hardship of living in a refugee camp made me psychologically strong. It is called learning from the school of hard knocks. It made me street smart. It equipped me with a greater sense of determina…"

"A word in conclusion about the relations between the whites and blacks. What must be the general character of the intercourse between them? Am I to treat the black man as my equal or my inferior? I mu…"

"Modern Christianity must always reckon with the possibility of having to abandon the historical figure of Jesus. Hence it must not artificially increase his importance by referring all theological kno…"

"He comes to us as One unknown, without a name, as of old, by the lake-side, He came to those men who knew Him not. He speaks to us the same word: "Follow thou me!" and sets us to the tasks which He ha…"

"The ideal "Life of Jesus" [biography] at the close of the nineteenth century is the "Life" which Heinrich Julius Holtzmann did not write — but which can be pieced together from his commentary on the s…"