"As the sun does not wait for prayers and incantations that he may rise, but shines at once, and is greeted by all; so neither wait thou for applause, and shouts, and eulogies, that thou mayst do well;--but be a spontaneous benefactor, and thou shalt be beloved like the sun."
"Thales, when asked what was the commonest of all possessions, answered, 'Hope; for even those who have nothing else have hope.'"
"Lead, lead me on, my hopes," says Mr. Macdonald; "I know that ye are true and not vain. Vanish from my eyes day after day, but arise in new forms. I will follow your holy deception; follow till ye have brought me to the feet of my Father in heaven, where I shall find you all, with folded wings, spangling the sapphire dusk whereon stands His throne which is our home.
"What ought not to be done do not even think of doing."
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"Guard well your thoughts for thoughts are heard in heaven.'"
Epictetus, when asked how a man could grieve his enemy, replied, "By preparing himself to act in the noblest way."
Compare Rom. xii. 20, "If thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shall heap coals of fire on his head"