An evil person is like a dirty window, they never let the light shine through.

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"Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children."

- William Makepeace Thackeray

Love

"When you look at me, when you think of me, I am in paradise."

- William Makepeace Thackeray

Love

"To love and win is the best thing. To love and lose is the next best."

- William Makepeace Thackeray

Love

"Never lose a chance of saying a kind word."

- William Makepeace Thackeray

Compassion

"That I may reach that happy time The kindly gods I pray, For are not ducks and pease in prime Upon the last of May?"

- William Makepeace Thackeray

Hope

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"What virtue is there in a man who demonstrates goodness because he has been bred to it? It is his habit from youth. But a man who has known unkindness and want, for him to be kind and charitable to those who have been the cause of his misfortunes, that is a virtuous man."

Morality

"Whether a human being is good or bad, right or wrong, can only be determined based on circumstances."

Morality

"Always let your conscience be your guide."

- Jiminy Cricket, Pinocchio

Morality

"To the factory farmer, in contrast to the traditional farmer with his sense of honor and obligation, the animals are 'production units,' and accorded all the sympathy that term suggests."

- Matthew Scully

Morality

"When music is allowed to take the place of devotion and prayer, it is a terrible curse. Young people assemble together to sing, and, although professed Christians, frequently dishonor God and their faith by their frivolous conversation and their choice of music."

- Ellen G. White

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