Light From Many LampsA classic treasury of inspiration featuring hundreds of passages and quotations—selected from the wisdom of the ages—offering invaluable insight and guidance on the challenges of daily life. Here are not only the best of the world’s most inspiring thoughts and ideas, but the stories behind them: how they came to be written and what their impact has been on others. A storehouse of inspired and inspiring reading, it is a collection of brief, stimulating biographies as well. There are selections from John Burroughs, Alfred Tennyson, Robert Browning, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Abraham Lincoln, Franklin D. Roosevelt, William Cullen Bryant, Ralph Waldo Emerson, William Shakespeare, Hippocrates, Confucius, and many others. A distillation of the greatest thoughts, ideas, and philosophies that have been handed down to us through the ages, this is a book to turn to over and over again—a book of moral, spiritual, and ethical guidance—an unfailing source of comfort and inspiration for all. |
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... important , his poems and essays on out- of - door life had brought him joy and contentment . If only he could make others realize that happiness was no elu- sive will - o ' - the - wisp , that real happiness was the simplest thing in ...
... important , his poems and essays on out- of - door life had brought him joy and contentment . If only he could make others realize that happiness was no elu- sive will - o ' - the - wisp , that real happiness was the simplest thing in ...
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... important or successful he is , never counts very much in the universe . A man may very well be so successful in carving a name for himself in his field that he begins to imagine himself indispensable or omnipo- tent . He is eaten up by ...
... important or successful he is , never counts very much in the universe . A man may very well be so successful in carving a name for himself in his field that he begins to imagine himself indispensable or omnipo- tent . He is eaten up by ...
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... important in the practice of medicine . The white - haired old man , venerated almost as a saint by his colleagues , turned his face to the friendly warmth of the sun . He had written a whole collection of medical works for the guidance ...
... important in the practice of medicine . The white - haired old man , venerated almost as a saint by his colleagues , turned his face to the friendly warmth of the sun . He had written a whole collection of medical works for the guidance ...
Contents
Happiness The Enjoyment of Living | 1 |
JOHN BURROUGHS The secret of happiness is something to do | 3 |
SENECA True happiness is to rest satisfied with what we have | 8 |
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