"The most permanent lessons in morals are..." - Quote by Mark Twain
The most permanent lessons in morals are those which come, not of book teaching, but of experience.
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“The Master said, If out of the three hundred songs I had to take one phrase to cover all my teachings, I would say 'Let there be no evil in your thoughts.'”
“The righteous man takes his life in his hand whenever he utters the truth.”
“But, slavery is good for some people! ! ! As a good thing, slavery is strikingly peculiar, in this, that it is the only good thing which no man ever seeks the good of, for himself.”
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“I think a role model is a mentor - someone you see on a daily basis, and you learn from them.”
“I seek to bring forth what you almost already know.”
“If one learns from others, but does not think, one will be bewildered. If, on the other hand, one thinks but does not learn from others, one will be in peril.”