The Every-Day Heaven

_The Beauty of Holiness_

_The Gladness of Goodness_

_The True Paradise_

_Self shrinks the soul._

_The keen eye needs the kindly heart._

_There's no argument equal to a happy smile._

_Imaginary evils have more than imaginary effects._

_You never find truth by losing the temper._

_Menial work may be noblest service._

_They who live off the flock are never willing to die for it._

_The life that would be fruitful seeks showers as well as sunshine._

_Kindness makes all kin._

_All we get from heaven we owe to earth._

_Pain is a small price to pay for the joy of sacrifice._

_He who gives on feeling generally begrudges in fact._

_Every loss met by love leads to gain._

_The long look within ourselves will cure us of a lot of impatience

with other folks._

_The last person to enter heaven will be the one whose religion has all

been in the first person singular._

_We often talk a good deal about the salvation of souls in order to

escape service for the salvation of society._

_Much that is called orthodoxy is scepticism at heart, fear to examine

the foundations lest there are none._

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