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" The man who never alters his opinions is like standing water, and breeds reptiles of the mind. "

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" The soul of sweet delight, can never be defiled. "

" Man has no Body distinct from his Soul; for that called Body is a portion of Soul discerned by the five Senses, the chief inlets of Soul in this age. "

" Love to faults is always blind, always is to joy inclined. Lawless, winged, and unconfined, and breaks all chains from every mind. "

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" When a sinister person means to be your enemy, they always start by trying to become your friend. "

" Both read the Bible day and night, but thou read black where I read white. "

" The fool who persists in his folly will become wise. "

" He whose face gives no light, shall never become a star. "

" The weak in courage is strong in cunning. "

" Where mercy, love, and pity dwell, there God is dwelling too. "

" The hours of folly are measured by the clock; but of wisdom, no clock can measure. "

" It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend. "

" Energy is an eternal delight, and he who desires, but acts not, breeds pestilence. "

" As a man is, so he sees. As the eye is formed, such are its powers. "

" The eye altering, alters all. "

" If the doors of perception were cleansed everything would appear to man as it is, infinite. "

" When I tell the truth, it is not for the sake of convincing those who do not know it, but for the sake of defending those that do. "

" In seed time learn, in harvest teach, in winter enjoy. "

" Want of money and the distress of a thief can never be alleged as the cause of his thieving, for many honest people endure greater hardships with fortitude. We must therefore seek the cause elsewhere than in want of money, for that is the miser's passion, not the thief s. "

" It is not because angels are holier than men or devils that makes them angels, but because they do not expect holiness from one another, but from God only. "

" He who would do good to another must do it in Minute Particulars: general Good is the plea of the scoundrel, hypocrite, and flatterer, for Art and Science cannot exist but in minutely organized Particulars. "

" When the green woods laugh with the voice of joy, And the dimpling stream runs laughing by; When the air does laugh with our merry wit, And the green hill laughs with the noise of it. "

" I was angry with my friend: I told my wrath, my wrath did end. I was angry with my foe: I told it not, my wrath did grow. "

" Art can never exist without naked beauty displayed. "