In proportion as our own mind is enlarged we discover a greater number of men of originality. Commonplace … - Blaise Pascal

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The reason so few people are successful is no one has yet found a way for someone to sit down and slide uphill.

Blaise Pascal

In proportion as our own mind is enlarged we discover a greater number of men of originality. Commonplace people see no difference between one man and another.

Appreciation, Differences, Discover, Greater, Men, Number

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The heart has its reasons of which reason knows nothing.

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Unless we love the truth we cannot know it.

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Cold words freeze people, and hot words scorch them, and bitter words make them bitter, and wrathful words make them wrathful. Kind words also produce their own image on men's souls; and a beautiful image it is. They smooth, and quiet, and comfort the hearer.

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Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much.

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Kind words do not cost much. They never blister the tongue or lips. They make other people good-natured. They also produce their own image on men's souls, and a beautiful image it is.

Beautiful, Meaningful, Kindness, Make, Lips, Image

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If the foundation of a well-ordered society is a healthy, happy home, then the problem of lawlessness will not be solved by more laws or legislation; but by fathers and mothers exerting a moral influence and example in their own families, tempered with love and understanding.

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If food did not exist it would be well-nigh impossible to get certain types off the phone, as one would be unable to say, 'Look, I've got to run but let's have dinner sometime soon. '

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Without the Spirit man is so infirm that he cannot, with all other means whatsoever, be enabled to think one right saving thought of God, of Christ, or of his blessed things.

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