The person without a purpose is like a ship without a rudder.

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"He who has health, has hope; and he who has hope has everything."

- Thomas Carlyle

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"and he who has hope, has everything."

- Thomas Carlyle

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"The greatest of faults, I should say, is to be conscious of none."

- Thomas Carlyle

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"The greatest of faults is to be conscious of none."

- Thomas Carlyle

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"The courage we desire and prize is not the courage to die decently but the courage to live like a man."

- Thomas Carlyle

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"It is at the moment of death that humanity has value."

- Archer

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"Religion, ideology, resources, land, spite, love or just because… No matter how pathetic the reason, it’s enough to start a war. War will never cease to exist… reasons can be thought up after the fact… Human nature pursues strife."

- Paine

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"Christmas is a necessity. There has to be at least one day of the year to remind us that we’re here for something else besides ourselves."

- Eric Sevareid

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"Maybe Christmas, he thought, doesn't come from a store. Maybe Christmas...perhaps...means a little bit more!"

- Theodor Seuss Geisel

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"Christmas is built upon a beautiful and intentional paradox; that the birth of the homeless should be celebrated in every home."

- G.K. Chesterton

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