Be thou incapable of change in that which is right, and men will rely upon thee. Establish unto thyself principles of action; and see that thou ever act according to them. First know that thy principles are just, and then be thou.
But in this Second Work if thou extract our Air and our Fire with the phlegm water, they will the more naturally and easily be drawn out of their infernal prison, and with less losse of their Spirits, than by the former way before described.
By the will art thou lost, by the will art thou found, by the will art thou free, captive, and bound.
Oh, if it be to choose and call thee mine, love, thou art every day my Valentine!
Would it be possible that I should not in any degree succeed? I can scarcely think so. Ah delusive hope, how much further wilt thou lead me?
Speak the truth, do not yield to anger; give, if thou art asked for little; by these three steps thou wilt go near the gods.
Where hast thou wandered, gentle gale, to find the perfumes thou dost bring?
Thou strange piece of wild nature!
First get an absolute conquest over thyself, and then thou wilt easily govern thy wife.
Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of.
O thou great, unknown Power! Thou Almighty God, who hast lighted up reason in my breast and blessed me with immortality! I have frequently wandered from that order and regularity necessary for the perfection of thy works, yet thou hast never left me nor forsaken me.
Answerest thou nothing? Behold how many things they witness against thee.
If we are to keep our democracy, there must be one commandment: ‘Thou shalt not ration justice.’
It is wisdom in prosperity, when all is as thou wouldn’t have it, to fear and suspect the worst.
Through the Thou a person becomes I.
By the will art thou lost, by the will art thou found, by the will art thou free, captive, and bound.
I am and always will be a sinner. But that’s the beautiful thing about Jesus. I’ll always try to be a better person in the eyes of God. But I’m not all of a sudden stepping up on a pedestal and saying I’m holier than thou, ’cause I’m not!
America, thou half-brother of the world; with something good and bad of every land.
Be patient, my soul: thou hath suffered worse than this.
A loaf of bread, a jug of wine, and thou.
Be assured those will be thy worst enemies, not to whom thou hast done evil, but who have done evil to thee. And those will be thy best friends, not to whom thou hast done good, but who have done good to thee.
Forget not, O Lord, that I am one of those whom Thou hast created, and with Thine own blood hast redeemed. I repent me of my sins: I will strive to amend my ways.
I enjoyed being in ‘The Ten Commandments.’ That was a great experience – to suddenly become one of those holy people. I was holier than thou.
Doubt thou the stars are fire, Doubt that the sun doth move. Doubt truth to be a liar, But never doubt I love.
Let thy step be slow and steady, that thou stumble not.
If thou wouldst conquer thy weakness, thou must never gratify it.
Tell me thy company, and I’ll tell thee what thou art.
Poor France, thy fine climate, rich vineyards, and the wishes of the learned avail nothing; thou art a destitute beggar, and not the powerful friend thou wert represented to me.
Be not affronted at a joke. If one throw salt at thee, thou wilt receive no harm, unless thou art raw.
Whither goest thou, America, in thy shiny car in the night?
The grace thou hast will soon be less, if thou addest not more to it.
If thou art a man, admire those who attempt great things, even though they fail.
O, Thou precious Lord Jesus Christ, we do adore Thee with all our hearts. Thou art Lord of all.
I don’t want the sort of funeral that everybody else has, but there is one hymn, a good Protestant hymn, and it is sung at all Protestant funerals, and I think I should have it sung at mine. It is called ‘The Day Thou Gave Us Lord is Ended’.
Wake the power within thee slumbering, trim the plot that’s in thy keeping, thou wilt bless the task when reaping sweet labour’s prize.
Art thou the King of the Jews?
The hours I spend with you I look upon as sort of a perfumed garden, a dim twilight, and a fountain singing to it. You and you alone make me feel that I am alive. Other men it is said have seen angels, but I have seen thee and thou art enough.
A good face they say, is a letter of recommendation. O Nature, Nature, why art thou so dishonest, as ever to send men with these false recommendations into the World!
Be slow to fall into friendship; but when thou art in, continue firm and constant.
I started growing up in a hurry and taking a lot of the philosophy I’d heard from church as a kid a lot more seriously – especially the Ten Commandments – and wondering how ‘Thou shalt not kill’ could be so absolutely ignored. It took me until I was in my 40s to write what I was thinking as a young soldier.
But curb thou the high spirit in thy breast, for gentle ways are best, and keep aloof from sharp contentions.
I have ten commandments. The first nine are, thou shalt not bore. The tenth is, thou shalt have right of final cut.
Thou know’st the first time that we smell the air we wawl and cry. When we are born we cry, that we are come to this great state of fools.
Love thou the rose, yet leave it on its stem.
Oh, if it be to choose and call thee mine, love, thou art every day my Valentine!
Through the Thou a person becomes I.
Great and glorious God, and Thou Lord Jesus, I pray you shed abroad your light in the darkness of my mind. Be found of me, Lord, so that in all things I may act only in accordance with Thy holy will.
Greatly begin. Though thou have time, but for a line, be that sublime. Not failure, but low aim is crime.
Be not entangled in this world of days and nights; Thou hast another time and space as well.
Tell me thy company, and I’ll tell thee what thou art.
Thou has a thousand eyes and yet not one eye; Thou host a thousand forms and yet not one form.
Be still my heart; thou hast known worse than this.
Hope thou not much, and fear thou not at all.
All things by immortal power. Near of far, to each other linked are, that thou canst not stir a flower without troubling of a star.
In a storm, I think, ‘What if the gospel be not true? Then thou art, of all men, most foolish. For what has thou given up thy goods, thy ease, thy friends, thy reputation, thy country, thy life?’
O accursed hunger of gold, to what dost thou not compel human hearts!
When ambitious desires arise in thy heart, recall the days of extremity thou have passed through. Forbearance is the root of all quietness and assurance forever.
I went broke after sophomore year, gambled away all my money, sold some guns, turned $750 into $10,000, flew to Vegas, turned ten thou into $187,000.
The hours I spend with you I look upon as sort of a perfumed garden, a dim twilight, and a fountain singing to it. You and you alone make me feel that I am alive. Other men it is said have seen angels, but I have seen thee and thou art enough.
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