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The willow which bends to the tempest, often escapes better than the oak which resists it; and so in great calamities, it sometimes happens that light and frivolous spirits recover their elasticity and presence of mind sooner than those of a loftier character.
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The highest proof of the spirit is love. Love the eternal thing which can already on earth possess as it really is.
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Anyone who proposes to do good must not expect people to roll stones out of his way, but must accept his lot calmly, even if they roll a few stones upon it.
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The true worth of a man is not to be found in man himself, but in the colours and textures that come alive in others.
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Sometimes our light goes out but is blown into flame by another human being. Each of us owes deepest thanks to those who have rekindled this light.
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Constant kindness can accomplish much. As the sun makes ice melt, kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust, and hostility to evaporate.
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As soon as man does not take his existence for granted, but beholds it as something unfathomably mysterious, thought begins.
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If a man loses his reverence for any part of life, he will lose his reverence for all of life.
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At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us.
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A man is truly ethical only when he obeys the compulsion to help all life which he is able to assist, and shrinks from injuring anything that lives.
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Just as the wave cannot exist for itself, but is ever a part of the heaving surface of the ocean, so must I never live my life for itself, but always in the experience which is going on around me.
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Day by day we should weigh what we have granted to the spirit of the world against what we have denied to the spirit of Jesus, in thought and especially in deed.
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The only ones among you who will be really happy are those who will have sought and found how to serve.
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Man has lost the capacity to foresee and to forestall. He will end by destroying the earth.
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The first step in the evolution of ethics is a sense of solidarity with other human beings.
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