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“The office of poetry is not to make us think accurately, but feel truly.”

Frederick William Robertson · Poetry

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Frederick William Robertson

The Divine wisdom has given us prayer, not as a means whereby to obtain the good things of earth, but as a means whereby we learn to do without them not as a means whereby we escape evil, but as a means whereby we become strong to meet it.

Wisdom

Frederick William Robertson

In God's world, for those who are in earnest, there is no failure. No work truly done, no word earnestly spoken, no sacrifice freely made, was ever made in vain.

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Frederick William Robertson

We win by tenderness. We conquer by forgiveness.

Forgiveness

Frederick William Robertson

The true aim of everyone who aspires to be a teacher should be, not to impart his own opinions, but to kindle minds.

Teacher