GEMS OF THOUGHT
Happiness can be built only on virtue, and must of necessity have truth for its'foundation.—Coleridge.
Human felicity is produced not so much by great pieces of good fortune that seldom happen, as by little advantages that occur every day. —Benjamin Franklin.
In every part and corner of our life, to lose oneself is to be the gainer; to forget oneself is to be happy. —Robert Louis Stevenson.
Self-ignorance, self-will, self-right-eousness, lust, covetousness, envy, revenge, are foes to grace, peace, and progress; they must be met manfully and overcome, or they will uproot all happiness.—Mary Baker Eddy.
Happiness is not a reward—it is a consequence.—lngersoll. The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.—New Testament: Galatians 5:22, 23.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 28 November 1941, Page 8
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