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The world is a mirror into which we look, and see our own image.
John Lancaster Spalding
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John Lancaster Spalding
Age: 76 †
Born: 1840
Born: June 2
Died: 1916
Died: August 25
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Lebanon
Kentucky
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There are who mistake the spirit of pugnacity for the spirit of piety, and thus harbor a devil instead of an angel.
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The highest strength is acquired not in overcoming the world, but in overcoming one's self. Learn to be cruel to thyself, to withstand thy appetites, to bear thy sufferings, and thou shalt become free and able.
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We are made ridiculous less by our defects than by the affectation of qualities which are not ours.
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The doubt of an earnest, thoughtful, patient and laborious mind is worthy of respect. In such doubt may be found indeed more faith than in half the creeds.
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Dislike of another's opinions and beliefs neither justifies our own nor makes us more certain of them: and to transfer the repugnance to the person himself is a mark of a vulgar mind.
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We are not masters of the truth which is borne in upon us: it overpowers us.
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The aim of education is to strengthen and multiply the powers and activities of the mind rather than to increase its possessions.
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He who leaves school, knowing little, but with a longing for knowledge, will go farther than one who quits, knowing many things, but not caring to learn more.
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Those subjects have the greatest educational value, which are richest in incentives to the noblest self-activity.
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Those who believe in our ability do more than stimulate us. They create for us an atmosphere in which it becomes easier to succeed.
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