Quote #14

You may choose your word like a connoisseur, And polish it up with art, But the word that sways, and stirs, and stays, Is the word that comes from the heart. You may work on your word a thousand weeks, But it will not glow like one That all unsought, leaps forth white hot, When the fountains of feeling run.

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  1. Each mental wave we send out from the mind, Or base, or kind, Completes its circuit, then with added force Seeks its own source.
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  6. Not to the curious or impatient soul That in the start, demands the end be shown, And at each step, stops waiting for a sign; But to the ti…
  7. There is no sudden entrance into Heaven. Slow is the ascent by the path of Love.
  8. Breathe 'God,' in any tongue -it means the same; LOVE ABSOLUTE: Think, feel, absorb the thought; Shut out all else; until a subtle flame (A…

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