The foundation of reverence is this perception, that the present holds within itself the complete sum of existence, backwards and forwards, that whole amplitude of time, which is eternity.
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Routine is the god of every social system; it is the seventh heaven of business, the essential component in the success of every factory, the ideal of every statesman.
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It requires a very unusual mind to undertake the analysis of the obvious.
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Simple solutions seldom are. It takes a very unusual mind to undertake analysis of the obvious.
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I have always noticed that deeply and truly religious persons are fond of a joke, and I am suspicious of those who aren't.
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Speak out in acts; the time for words has passed, and only deeds will suffice.
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