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John Greenleaf Whittier has 143 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
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Through the open door A drowsy smell of flowers -grey heliotrope And white sweet clover, and shy mignonette Comes fairly in, and…
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The laws of changeless justice bind oppressor and oppressed; and, close as sin and suffering joined we march to fate abreast.
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He is wisest, who only gives, True to himself, the best he can: Who drifting on the winds of praise, The inward…
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We live by faith; but Faith is not the slave Of text and legend. Reason's voice and God's, Nature's and Duty's, never…
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Drop Thy still dews of quietness, Till all our strivings cease; Take from our souls the strain and stress, And let our…
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God's ways seem dark, but, soon or late, They touch the shining hills of day; The evil cannot brook delay, The good…
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I know not where His islands lift Their fronded palms in air; I only know I cannot drift Beyond His love and…
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God is good and God is light In this faith I rest secure, Evil can but serve the right, Over all shall…
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And step by step, since time began, I see the steady gain of man.
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Give lettered pomp to teeth of Time, So "Bonnie Doon" but tarry; Blot out the epic's stately rhyme, But spare his "Highland…
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The age is dull and mean. Men creep, Not walk; with blood too pale and tame To pay the debt they owe…
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So fallen! so lost! the light withdrawn Which once he wore; The glory from his gray hairs gone For evermore!
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I won't have any money to leave behind. I won't have the fine and luxurious things of life to leave behind. But…
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Some people, when they die, leave so much life behind that we wonder how they did it.
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Do not think of yourself as the body, but as the joyous consciousness and immortal life behind it.
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I just want to leave a committed life behind.
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Reggae has a philosophy, you know? It's not just entertainment. There's an idea behind it, a way of life behind the music,…
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This process, this method necessary to man's survival and prosperity upon the earth, has often been derided as unduly or exclusively "materialistic."…
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It's great to have the freedom to enjoy your work and not feel like you're leaving your other life behind.
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God is the life behind your life, the sight behind your eyes, the taste behind your tongue, and the love behind your…
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The great eventful Present hides the Past; but through the din Of its loud life hints and echoes from the life behind…
— John Greenleaf Whittier
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If we are to love our neighbors, before doing anything else we must see our neighbors. With our imagination as well as…
— Frederick Buechner
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Yes, if you want to say that I was a drum major, say that I was a drum major for justice. Say…
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