Base thy life on principle, not on rules.
John Lancaster Spalding
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Each individual bears within himself an ideal man, and to bring him forth in perfect form is his divinely imposed life-work.
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As a brave man goes into fire or flood or pestilence to save a human life, so a generous mind follows after truth and love, and is not frightened from the pursuit by danger or toil or obloquy.
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Believe in no triumph which is won by the deadening of human faculty or the dwarfing of human life. Strive for truth and love, not for victory.
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The study of science, dissociated from that of philosophy and literature, narrows the mind and weakens the power to love and follow the noblest ideals: for the truths which science ignores and must ignore are precisely those which have the deepest bearing on life and conduct.
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Thought from which no emotion springs is sterile. The knowledge that has no bearing on the conduct of life is vain.
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When with all thy heart thou strivest to live with truth and love, couldst thou do anything better?.. If this be thy life, thou shalt not deem it a misfortune to lack the things men most crave and toil for.
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Thy money, thy office, thy reputation are nothing; put away these phantom clothings, and stand like an athlete stripped for the battle.
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If a state should pass laws forbidding its citizens to become wise and holy, it would be made a byword for all time. But this, in effect, is what our commercial, social, and political systems do. They compel the sacrifice of mental and moral power to money and dissipation.
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Liberty is more precious than money or office; and we should be vigilant lest we purchase wealth or place at the price of inner freedom.
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Mercenary is whoever thinks less of his work than of the money he receives for doing it; and social conditions which impose tasks that make this inevitable are barbarous.
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However firmly thou holdest to thy opinions, if truth appears on the opposite side, throw down thy arms at once.
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To clothe truth in fitting words is to feel a satisfaction like that which comes of doing good deeds.
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When we have not the strength or the courage to grasp a new truth, we persuade ourselves that it is not a truth at all.
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The study of law is valuable as a mental discipline, but the practice of pleading tends to make one petty, formal, and insincere. To be driven to look to legality rather than to equity blurs the view of truth and justice.
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