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No one who has come to true greatness has not felt in some degree

No one who has come to true greatness has not felt in some degree that his life belongs to the people, and what God has given them he gives it for mankind. – Phillips Brooks

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A man who lives right, and is right, has more power in his silence than another has by his words. – Phillips Brooks

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Let every man and woman count himself immortal. Let him catch the revelation of Jesus in his resurrection. Let him say not merely, “Christ is risen,” but “I shall rise.” – Phillips Brooks

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All great deeds and all great thoughts have a ridiculous beginning. – Albert Camus

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