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Theodore L. Cuyler

"I have heard of a monk who in his cell had a glorious vision of Jesus revealed to him. Just then a bell rang, which called him away to distribute loaves of bread among the poor beggars at the gate. He was sorely tried as to whether he should lose a scene so inspiring. He went to his act of mercy; and when he came back the vision remained more glorious than ever."

Source : "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers". Book by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, p. 26, 1895.

Theodore L. Cuyler

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“We anticipate our own happiness, and eat out the heart and sweetness of worldly pleasures by delightful forethought of them.”
“In the meantime the groans changed into the protracted, thunderous roar by which all living creatures are struck with terror, and the nerves of people, who do not know what fear is, shake, just as the window-panes rattle from distant cannonading.”
“[Debt] It has driven thousands to drink, and the worry and anxiety it has created have literally taken the lives of many of our ablest men. It has prostrated individuals, enterprises and nations...”
“I believe it has been said that one copy of The Times contains more useful information than the whole of the historical works of Thucydides.”

Source : Richard Cobden (1864). “Mr. Cobden and "The Times": Correspondence Between Mr. Cobden, M.P., and Mr. Delane, Editor of "The Times" ; with a Supplementary Correspondence Between Mr. Cobden, and the Editor of the "Daily Telegraph".”, p.10
“People with passion are incredibly inventive and tenacious individuals. They go way beyond the call of duty and frequently either work on their passion without pay or give more of themselves than their pay warrants. And I do not equate passion with workaholism, in which people say they love their work so much they do it all the time. Workaholics are working to fill a vacuum, or to escape, not to connect with their souls.”
“If they can't hear it, they're not supposed to hear it. It's not for them if they can't understand it.”
“When once you realize all that it cost God to forgive you, you will be held as in a vice, constrained by the love of God.”
“My basic principle is that you don't make decisions because they are cheap; you make them because they're right.”

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