The first evil choice or act is linked to the second; and each one to the one that follows, both by the tendency of our evil nature and by the power of habit, which holds us as by a destiny
Tryon Edwards
To be good, we must do good and by doing good we take a sure means of being good, as the use and exercise of the muscles increase their power.
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Words are both better and worse than thoughts; they express them, and add to them; they give them power for good or evil; they start them on an endless flight, for instruction and comfort and blessing, or for injury and sorrow and ruin
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We should be as careful of the books we read, as of the company we keep. The dead very often have more power than the living.
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