“ If we choose to be no more than clods of clay, then we shall be used as clods of clay for braver feet to tread on. ”
- Marie Corelli- Copy
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“ To the illumined man or woman, a clod of dirt, a stone, and gold are the same. ”
- Bhagavad Gita- Copy
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“ There is no unbelief: whoever plants a seen beneath the sod and waits to see it push away the clod, he trusts in God. ”
- Elizabeth York Case- Copy
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“ No man is an Island, entire of it self; every man is a piece of the Continent, a part of the main; if a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as well as if a manor of thy friends or of thine own were; any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in Mankind; And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; It tolls for thee. ”
- John Donne- Copy
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“ This is the true joy in life, the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one; the being thoroughly worn out before you are thrown on the scrap heap; the being a force of Nature instead of a feverish selfish little clod of ailments and grievances complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy. ”
- George Bernard Shaw- Copy
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“ He felt with the force of a revelation that to throw up the clods of earth manfully is as beneficent as to revolutionize the world. It was not the matter of the work, but the mind that went into it, that counted — and the man who was not content to do small things well would leave great things undone. ”
- Ellen Glasgow- Copy
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“ Stars are good too. I wish I could get some to put in my hair. But I suppose I never can. You would be surprised to find how far off they are, for they do not look it. When they first showed last night I tried to knock some down with a pole, but it didn't reach, which astonished me… ”
- Mark Twain- Copy
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