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“Christian perfection consists in three things: praying heroically, working heroically, and suffering heroically.”

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Anthony Mary Claret was born on December 23, 1807, and died on October 24, 1870. His occupation and category are unknown, and his life experiences and contributions require further research. more

“We are to remember what an umpire Nature is; what a greatness, composure of depth and tolerance there is in her. You take wheat to cast into the Earth's bosom; your wheat may be mixed with chaff, chopped straw, barn-sweepings, dust and all imaginable rubbish; no matter: you cast it into the kind just Earth; she grows the wheat, - the whole rubbish she silently absorbs, shrouds it in, says nothing of the rubbish.”

Kind May Matter Whole Earth Remember Grows Greatness Depth Casts Tolerance Dust Bosoms Umpires Rubbish Wheat Straws Sweeping Barns Composure Shrouds

Book:On Heroes, Hero-worship and the Heroic in History

Source: On Heroes, Hero-worship and the Heroic in History

“We have chosen Mahomet not as the most eminent Prophet; but as the one we are freest to speak of. He is by no means the truest of Prophets; but I do esteem him a true one.”

Mean Speak Chosen Esteem Prophet Truest True Ones

Book:The Selected Works of Thomas Carlyle

Source: The Selected Works of Thomas Carlyle

“What is philosophy but a continual battle against custom?”

Philosophy Battle Customs

Author:Thomas Carlyle

“Of all God's creatures, Man alone is poor.”

Men Poor Creatures

Book:The Love Letters of Thomas Carlyle and Jane Welsh

Source: The Love Letters of Thomas Carlyle and Jane Welsh

Quote by Anthony Mary Claret

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