Quote by William Law
All people desire what they believe will make them happy. If a per

All people desire what they believe will make them happy. If a person is not full of desire for God, we can only conclude that he is engaged with another happiness. – William Law

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This, and this alone, is Christianity, a universal holiness in every part of life, a heavenly wisdom in all our actions, not conforming to the spirit and temper of the world but turning all worldly enjoyments into means of piety and devotion to God. – William Law

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Death is not more certainly a separation of our souls from our bodies than the Christian life is a separation of our souls from worldly tempers, vain indulgences, and unnecessary cares. – William Law

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No education can be of true advantage to young women but that which trains them up in humble industry, in great plainness of living, in exact modesty of dress. – William Law

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Sometimes we don’t find the thing that will make us happy because we can’t give up the thing that was supposed to. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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My creed is that: Happiness is the only good. The place to be happy is here. The time to be happy is now. The way to be happy is to make others so. – Robert Green Ingersoll

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Happiness… consists in giving, and in serving others. – Henry Drummond

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Remember happiness doesnt depend upon who you are or what you have it depends solely on what you think. – Dale Carnegie

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Tears are often the telescope by which men see far into heaven. – Henry Ward Beecher

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The trouble with using experience as a guide is that the final exam often comes first and then the lesson. – Author Unknown

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It is even harder for the average ape to believe that he has descended from man. – H. L. Mencken

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Seven and half years ago I began my own journey. For me and my family it was a time of adversity. But during that adversity I derived a deeper faith. And born out of that adversity was a commitment to devote myself to those people and to those issues that truly matter to me. – Paul Tsongas

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