James Freeman Clarke quotes and words of wisdom

"When I consider what some books have done for the world, and what they are doing, how they keep up our hope, awaken new courage and faith, soothe pain, give an ideal life those whose hours are cold and hard, bind together distant ages and foreign lands, create new worlds of beauty, bring down truth from heaven; I give eternal blessings for this gift, and thank God for books."
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"Conscience is the root of all true courage; if a man would be brave let him obey his conscience."
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"A politician thinks of the next election, a statesman, of the next generation."
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Our lives improve only when we take chances -- and the first and most difficult risk we can take is to be honest with ourselves.Walter Anderson

Courage is grace under pressure.Ernest Hemingway - US author & journalist (1899 - 1961)