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God hath given to man a short time here upon earth, and yet upon this short time eternity depends.

Why should we think upon things that are lovely? Because thinking determines life. It is a common habit to blame life upon the environment. Environment modifies life but does not govern life. The soul is stronger than its surroundings.

I fancy that no good ideas upon that campaign will be mentioned at any time that did not receive their share of consideration by General Lee.

Any one reflecting upon the thought he has of the delight, which any present or absent thing is apt to produce in him, has the idea we call love.

I see upon their noble brows the seal of the Lord, for they were born kings of the earth far more truly than those who possess it only from having bought it.

The greatest magnifying glasses in the world are a man's own eyes when they look upon his own person.

Every man is crucified upon the cross of himself.

Science is the knowledge of consequences, and dependence of one fact upon another.

How little the public realizes what a girl must go through before she finally appears before the spotlight that is thrown upon the stage.

Thus the sum of things is ever being reviewed, and mortals dependent one upon another. Some nations increase, others diminish, and in a short space the generations of living creatures are changed and like runners pass on the torch of life.

God moves in a mysterious way, His wonders to perform. He plants his footsteps in the sea, and rides upon the storm.

The dwarfed trees of the Chinese and Japanese have been noticed by every author who has written upon these countries, and all have attempted to give some description of the method by which the effect is produced.

My obligation, if I become president, is to give another direction to Europe than the one that is being forced upon us today.

Man is a creature who walks in two worlds and traces upon the walls of his cave the wonders and the nightmare experiences of his spiritual pilgrimage.

The communism of Marx seeks a strong state centralization, and where this exists, there the parasitic Jewish nation - which speculates upon the labor of people - will always find the means for its existence.

If you raise your children to feel that they can accomplish any goal or task they decide upon, you will have succeeded as a parent and you will have given your children the greatest of all blessings.

The lust of avarice as so totally seized upon mankind that their wealth seems rather to possess them than they possess their wealth.

To depend upon a profession is a less odious form of slavery than to depend upon a father.

The English had hit upon a splendid joke. They intended to catch me or to bring me down.

Democracy is based upon the conviction that there are extraordinary possibilities in ordinary people.

The limitation upon this mode of promoting peace lies in the fact that it consists in an appeal to the civilized side of man, while war is the product of forces proceeding from man's original savage nature.

An unschooled man who knows how to meditate upon the Lord has learned far more than the man with the highest education who does not know how to meditate.

In this way, the charge that the bank makes for the use of its notes - the interest - is a continual and universal tax upon all the members of the community.

It is clear our nation is reliant upon big foreign oil. More and more of our imports come from overseas.

Someday when peace has returned to this odd world I want to come to London again and stand on a certain balcony on a moonlit night and look down upon the peaceful silver curve of the Thames with its dark bridges.

My brother was a great favorite with everybody, and his death cast a gloom upon the whole neighborhood.

Once upon a time there was a widow who had two daughters. The elder was so much like her, both in looks and character, that whoever saw the daughter saw the mother.

He flung himself from the room, flung himself upon his horse and rode madly off in all directions.

Do not look down upon any Muslim, for even the most inferior believer is great in the eyes of God.

Be not afraid of greatness: some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.