The methods by which men have met and conquered trouble, or been slain by it, are the same … - Henry Ward Beecher

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Teenagers falling off skateboards - funny. Nut shots - funny. Breaking wind - funny. The world cannot change those. Those three things are columns upon which humor is built.

Henry Ward Beecher

The methods by which men have met and conquered trouble, or been slain by it, are the same in every age.

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Blessed be the man whose work drives him. Something must drive men; and if it is wholesome industry, they have no time for a thousand torments and temptations.

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Sorrows, as storms, bring down the clouds close to the earth; sorrows bring heaven down close; and they are instruments of cleansing and purifying.

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God asks no man whether he will accept life. That is not the choice. You must take it. The only choice is how.

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The sun does not shine for a few trees and flowers, but for the wide world's joy.

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Were one to ask me in which direction I think man strongest, I should say, his capacity to hate.

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Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing there is a field. I'll meet you there. When the soul lies down in that grass the world is too full to talk about.

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