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If the world's a veil of tears, Smile till rainbows span it.
If the world seems cold to you, kindle fires to warm it.
What is the meaning of 'gossip?' Doesn't it originate with sympathy, an interest in one's neighbor, degenerating into idle curiosity... →
Labor, in itself, is neither elevating or otherwise. It is the laborer's privilege to ennoble his work by the aim with which he undertakes it... →
No one can feel more gratefully the charm of noble scenery, or the refreshment of escape into the unspoiled solitudes of nature, than the laborer at... →
Rich or poor, every child comes into the world with some imperative need of its own, which shapes its individuality.
I am willing to make any part of my life public, if it will help others.
Whether rich or poor, a home is not a home unless the roots of love are ever striking deeper through the crust of the earthly and the conventional... →
The curse of covetousness is that it destroys manhood by substituting money for character.
A friend is a beloved mystery; dearest always because he is not ourself, and has something in him which it is impossible for us to fathom. If it were... →
Whatever science and philosophy may do for mankind, the world can never outgrow its need of the simplicity that is in Christ.
From the first opening of our eyes, it is the light that attracts us. We clutch aimlessly with our baby fingers at the gossamer-motes in the sunbeam... →
If an apple blossom or a ripe apple could tell its own story, it would be, still more than its own, the story of the sunshine that smiled upon it, of... →
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