The Office Of Poetry Is Not To

In The Darkest Hour Through Which A Human Soul Can Pass, Whatever Else Is Doubtful, This At Least Is Certain. If There Be No God And No Future State, Yet Even Then It Is Better To Be Generous Than Selfish, Better To Be Chaste Than Licentious, Better To Be True Than False, Better To Be Brave Than To Be A Coward.

Life, Like War, Is A Series Of Mistakes,he Is The Best Who Wins The Most Splendid Victories By The Retrieval Of Mistakes. Forget Mistakes: Organize Victory Out Of Mistakes.

What We Are, And Where We Are, Is God's Providential Arrange Ment — God's Doing, Though It May Be Man's Misdoing; And The Manly And The Wise Way Is To Look Your Disadvantages In The Face, And See What Can Be Made Out Of Them.

There Is A Power In The Soul, Quite Separate From The Intellect, Which Sweeps Away Or Recognizes The Marvelous, By Which God Is Felt. Faith Stands Serenely Far Above The Reach Of The Atheism Of Science. It Does Not Rest On The Wonderful, But On The Eternal Wisdom And Goodness Of God. The Revelation Of The Son Was To Proclaim A Father, Not A Mystery. No Science Can Sweep Away The Everlasting Love Which The Heart Feels, And Which The Intellect Does Not Even Pretend To Judge Or Recognize.

Do You Wish To Become Rich? You May Become Rich, That Is, If You Desire It In No Half Way, But Thoroughly. A Miser Sacrifices All To His Single Passion; Hoards Farthings And Dies Possessed Of Wealth. Do You Wish To Master Any Science Or Accomplishment? Give Yourself To It And It Lies Beneath Your Feet. Time And Pains Will Do Anything. This World Is Given As The Prize For The Men In Earnest; And That Which Is True Of This World Is Truer Still Of The World To Come.