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“Active valour may often be the present of nature; but such patient diligence can be the fruit only of habit and discipline.”

May History Habit Discipline Fruit Patient Active Diligence Roman Empire Often Is Valour

Book:The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

Source: The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

“The ascent to greatness, however steep and dangerous, may entertain an active spirit with the consciousness and exercise of its own power: but the possession of a throne could never yet afford a lasting satisfaction to an ambitious mind.”

Mind May Spirit Consciousness Dangerous Greatness Exercise Fame Satisfaction Possession Active Lasting Ambitious Thrones Steep Ascent

Book:The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

Source: The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

“We are to regard the mind, not as a piece of iron to be laid upon the anvil and hammered into any shape, nor as a block of marble in which we are to find the statue by removing the rubbish, nor as a receptacle into which knowledge may be poured; but as a flame that is to be fed, as an active being that must be strengthened to think and to feel -- and to dare, to do, and to suffer.”

Thinking Feels Mind May Suffering Pieces Shapes Regard Dare Active Block Flames Iron Feds Statues Marble Rubbish Hammered Anvils

Book:Miscellaneous Essays and Discourses

Source: Miscellaneous Essays and Discourses

“For in order that man may do well, whether in the works of the active life, or in those of the contemplative life, he needs the fellowship of friends.”

Men Needs Wells May Order Active Fellowship Contemplative Active Life Contemplative Life

Book:The Summa Theologica: Complete Edition

Source: The Summa Theologica: Complete Edition

“I pray that you may be active in sharing your faith, so that you will have a full understanding of every good thing we have in Christ.”

May Understanding Christ Praying Good Things Very Good Active I Pray

Author:Philemon