Light From Many LampsTouchstone, 15/01/1988 - 352 من الصفحات A classic treasury of inspiration featuring hundreds of passages and quotations—selected from the wisdom of the ages—offering invaluable insight and guidance on the challenges of daily life. Here are not only the best of the world’s most inspiring thoughts and ideas, but the stories behind them: how they came to be written and what their impact has been on others. A storehouse of inspired and inspiring reading, it is a collection of brief, stimulating biographies as well. There are selections from John Burroughs, Alfred Tennyson, Robert Browning, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Abraham Lincoln, Franklin D. Roosevelt, William Cullen Bryant, Ralph Waldo Emerson, William Shakespeare, Hippocrates, Confucius, and many others. A distillation of the greatest thoughts, ideas, and philosophies that have been handed down to us through the ages, this is a book to turn to over and over again—a book of moral, spiritual, and ethical guidance—an unfailing source of comfort and inspiration for all. |
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... knew it . But he knew it with- out fear , and without regret . For to him death was not an end but a beginning ; death was not the final curtain but merely a change of scene , the transition to another and perhaps an infinitely better ...
... knew it . But he knew it with- out fear , and without regret . For to him death was not an end but a beginning ; death was not the final curtain but merely a change of scene , the transition to another and perhaps an infinitely better ...
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... knew the end was near . The doctor had told him what his heart already knew . Sometime before dawn she moved and opened her eyes . " Hold me , beloved , " she whispered . He lifted her in his arms and sat with her near the window ...
... knew the end was near . The doctor had told him what his heart already knew . Sometime before dawn she moved and opened her eyes . " Hold me , beloved , " she whispered . He lifted her in his arms and sat with her near the window ...
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... knew that nuclear science opened up vistas of progress and achievement that fairly staggered the imagination with the promise of benefits to come . He knew that the technical and industrial developments likely to follow might usher in ...
... knew that nuclear science opened up vistas of progress and achievement that fairly staggered the imagination with the promise of benefits to come . He knew that the technical and industrial developments likely to follow might usher in ...
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Happiness The Enjoyment of Living | 1 |
JOHN BURROUGHS The secret of happiness is something to do | 3 |
SENECA True happiness is to rest satisfied with what we have | 8 |
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A. J. Cronin achievement America Arnold Bennett beautiful better called centuries comfort Confucius courage dark David death despair dream enduring face faith famous favorite fear feel Franklin D friends future give happiness heart Henry Henry David Thoreau Henry Wadsworth Longfellow hope human influence inspiring Joshua Loth Liebman knew later learned life's live look Loomis lost man's Marcus Aurelius millions mind morning nation never night old age Oliver Wendell Holmes ourselves pain past peace philosophy place like home poem prayer quotation Ralph Waldo Emerson realize Robert Browning Roosevelt sail serene sorrow soul spirit story success things Thoreau thou thought tomorrow turned victory Wendell William Lyon Phelps William Osler wise words worry write written wrote young youth 火烧 经济