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From the library
Perfect love casteth out fear.
Lord, what fools these mortals be!
Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul.
The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom.
This nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom.
If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?
Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high.
The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms.
Where there is no vision, the people perish.
The Tao, considered as unchanging, has no name.
The truth shall make you free.
Angels and ministers of grace defend us!
Because I could not stop for Death — He kindly stopped for me.
Eternity is in love with the productions of time.
If a ruler hearken to lies, all his servants are wicked.
I do not know whose son it is. It might appear to have been before God.
Be still, and know that I am God.
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.
All-pervading is the Great Tao! It may be found on the left hand and on the right.
The kingdom of God is within you.
Now cracks a noble heart. Good night, sweet prince, and flights of angels sing thee to thy rest.
I neither learned wisdom, nor have the knowledge of the holy.
The sage has no invariable mind of his own; he makes the mind of the people his mind.
The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
The bloodthirsty hate the upright: but the just seek his soul.
In the Way of Heaven, there is no partiality of love; it is always on the side of the good man.
Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you.
Evil pursueth sinners: but to the righteous good shall be repayed.
The movement of the Tao By contraries proceeds; And weakness marks the course Of Tao's mighty deeds.
The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord.
Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous there is favour.
When these two do not injuriously affect each other, their good influences converge in the virtue (of the Tao).
Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.
There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the Lord.
Therefore the sage manages affairs without doing anything, and conveys his instructions without the use of speech.
In quietness and in confidence shall be your strength.
The rich and poor meet together: the Lord is the maker of them all.
Who can take his own superabundance and therewith serve all under heaven? Only he who is in possession of the Tao!
The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer.
A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth the wheel over them.
The relation of the Tao to all the world is like that of the great rivers and seas to the streams from the valleys.
Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.
Wisdom is too high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth in the gate.
The Tao in its regular course does nothing (for the sake of doing it), and so there is nothing which it does not do.
Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well advised is wisdom.
He who knows (the Tao) does not (care to) speak (about it); he who is (ever ready to) speak about it does not know it.