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“Even where there is talent, culture, knowledge, if there is not earnestness, it does not go to the root of things.”

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James Freeman Clarke was an American Unitarian minister, philosopher, and author known for his works on ethics, philosophy, and religion. Born on April 4, 1810, in Littleton, Massachusetts, he passed away on June 8, 1888. more

“Religion! How it dominates man's mind, how it humiliates and degrades his soul. God is everything, man is nothing, says religion.But out of that nothing God has created a kingdom so despotic, so tyrannical, so cruel, so terribly exacting that naught but gloom and tears and blood have ruled the world since gods began.”

Men World Mind Soul Religion Blood Tears Kingdoms Gloom Degrade Humiliate

Book:Anarchism: Top Crime Collections

Source: Anarchism: Top Crime Collections

“It doesn't make any difference how much money a father earns, his name is always Dad-Can-I.... Like all other children, my five have one great talent: they are gifted beggars. Not one of them ever ran into the room, looked up at me, and said, "I'm really happy that you're my father, and as a tangible token of my appreciation, here's a dollar.”

Children Said Father Names Differences Rooms Five Talent Dad Dollars Appreciation Ran Gifted Tangible Beggar Really Happy Tokens Great Talent

Author:Bill Cosby

“The mother may be doing ninety percent of the disciplining, but the father still must have a full-time acceptance of all the children. He never must say, "Get these kids out of here; I'm trying to watch TV." If he ever does start saying this, he is liable to see one of his kids on the six o'clock news.”

Ifs Trying May Children Doe Stills Kids Mother Father Watches Acceptance Tvs Six News Percent Clock Ninety Liable

Author:Bill Cosby

“It's more blessed to give than to receive - especially kittens.”

“All who strive to live for something beyond mere selfish aims find their capacities for doing good very inadequate to their aspirations. They do so much less than they want to do, and so much less than they, at the outset, expected to do, that their lives, viewed retrospectively, inevitably look like failure.”

People Want Looks Failure Capacity Aim Mere Strive Expected Selfish Aspiration Old People Doing Good Inadequate

Author:Lydia M. Child

“Neither lemonade nor anything else can prevent the inroads of old age. At present, I am stoical under its advances, and hope I shall remain so. I have but one prayer at heart; and that is, to have my faculties so far preserved that I can be useful, in some way or other, to the last.”

People Way Heart I Can Age Lasts Prayer Old Age Faculty Old People Lemonade

Author:Lydia M. Child

“It's as if I've arrived in a place where it's all spirit and no body -- an overwhelming sense of calm . . . I actually began to feel blessed.”

Ifs Feels Body Spirit Blessed Calm Overwhelming

Book:Conversations with Gloria Naylor

Source: Conversations with Gloria Naylor

“It is better to rely on yourself than on your friends.”

Self Rely Rely On Yourself

Author:William Feather

“Too many of us vote for our prejudices instead of our desires.”

Desire Vote Prejudice

Author:William Feather

“It's not the increasing competition; it's going back to real work that most of us complain about.”

Real Work Competition Complaining Real Work

Author:William Feather

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