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ОглавлениеThe Curriculum of Character
The Great School The Purpose of the Course The Price of Perfection
A good many resolutions die of heart failure.
No man possesses more religion than he practices.
When men say "our faults" they usually mean yours.
There are no delights in the worship that dodges duty.
When fear gets into the pulpit faith goes out of the pews.
It's not the man with a putty backbone who is most truly resigned to the will of God.
When a man buys a horse on its specifications he is likely to call his folly faith and its consequences the dispensation of Providence.
It is folly to hope to have a clean heart when you pay no attention to what enters its doorways.
Some folks think they have the house of character because they possess the plans of virtue.
It is folly to talk of being guided by the light of your conscience when you take pains to keep it in the dark.
