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Talking it all out seems to have done away with it, somehow. It’s very strange--and I thought it so real and bitter. It’s like opening the door of a dark room to show some hideous creature you’ve believed to be there--and when the light streams in your monster turns out to have been just a shadow, vanishing when the light comes.

I’d be real happy even if we couldn’t talk at all, when I come here--jest to sit and look at you and your pictures and your flowers would be enough of a treat.

And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.

It is never too late to recognize truth and to live by it.

Living at one's best is constant preparation for instant use.

The honest, faithful struggler should always realize that failure is but an episode in a true man's life,--never the whole story.

The knell of lost opportunity is never tolled in this life.

Every moment of life he is changing to a degree the life of the whole world.

No individual is so insignificant as to be without influence.

The only responsibility that a man cannot evade in this life is the one he thinks of least,--his personal influence.

There are men and women whose presence seems to radiate sunshine, cheer and optimism.

To make our influence felt we must live our faith, we must practice what we believe.

Trifles unnoted by us may be links in the chain of some great purpose.

We should ever let our influence filter through human love and sympathy.

We should not be merely an influence,--we should be an inspiration.

Why should there not be a patient confidence in the ultimate justice of the people?

Antarctic exploration is seldom as bad as you imagine, seldom as bad as it sounds.

Furthermore, Friendship seems to be the bond of Social Communities, and legislators seem to be more anxious to secure it than Justice even.

On this day, we gather because we have chosen hope over fear, unity of purpose over conflict and discord.

Seek Yahweh and his strength. Seek his face forever more.

Honor and majesty are before him. Strength and gladness are in his place.

Oh give thanks to Yahweh. Call on his name. Make what he has done known among the peoples.

David said to Solomon his son, “Be strong and courageous, and do it. Don’t be afraid, nor be dismayed, for Yahweh God, even my God, is with you. He will not fail you nor forsake you, until all the work for the service of Yahweh’s house is finished.

No temptation has taken you except what is common to man. God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted above what you are able, but will with the temptation also make the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.

Let no one seek his own, but each one his neighbor’s good.