Words of the wise

Horowhenua Chronicle, 29 December 1915, Page 3

Words of the wise

Imagination is man's infinitesimal portion of the creative power allotted j .to: him fr<yn the storehouse ,ot th® Infinite. Let everyman sweepthesnow from ■below hifl own doora,: and not. trouioio himself about'the host on liis neigli,hour's tiles.—: From the Chinese. The (best of men and the most earnest wofkera will make enough mistakes to keep them huimlble. ThanK God for v mistakes, and taie couraga. Don r t givo uip oil account ot mistakes. —Moody. , 1 love no peace which is not fellowsnip And which includes not mercy. —Mrs Browning. Give to me the fife I love, Let the love go by me, Give the jolly heaven above, And the bywiay nigh me; Bed in the busih with stars to see, . Bread I dip in the river— Thero's life .for a man like me, There the life f6r ever. 1 —R. L. Stevcnso-i. Who aro the West? Those who lvn>-.-kept their sympathies awake and scattered joy for more tlian custom's ~chke, There is eloquence in the windi, and a melody in the flowing ftrooks ond the rustling of the reeds beside them,, which by their inconcicvable relation to something within the soul, awaken the spirits to a dance :>t breathless rapture.—Shelley.

Brave men have (Tared to 'examine lies whicli had long been taught, - not because they were ffee-thinkcrs. but because tlhey were such stern and close thinkers that the lie could no longer eeca'pe them. —HiilSin.