WORDS OF THE WISE.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 168, 15 July 1916, Page 21

WORDS OF THE WISE.

At -war with ourselves means the truest bappinese we can hare.—Meredith. A man wJio strives earnestly and perseveringly to convince others, at least conTinces us that he is convinced himself. Who shuts his hand, hath lost his gold; iWho opens it, hath it twice told. —George Herbert. 'Learning withont thought Is labonr lost; eronght withont learning is perilous.—Confudne. There is a wheel in human affairs which, continually revolving, does not suffer the tame persons to be always successful. There is a. paver Jn the direct glance ot t sincere and loving human soul -which will do more to dissipate prejudice ami kindle charity than the most elaborate •Tgnments.—George EUiot. To UDdaMxnd Is more difficult than to Judge, for nnderstandlng Is the transference of the mind Into the conditions of the «*Ject, -whereas Judgment Is simply the emmdalion of the individual opinion.— Amid. No one- who has not examined patiently tnd baaesffy toe other religions of the world can know what Christianity really c, or can Join wiGi such truth and sincerity in the -words of St. Paul: "I am not ehamed of She gospel or Christ."—Mar Mnller. •ten with lite haste to several ways do run. Some to undo, md some to be undone, wwie luxury and wealth, like war and Peace," Are each the other's nun and increase. As:rivets lost tn seas, some secret vein ißenee re-conveys them to be .lost again. "Beanttfnl ejes are always a great attraeeon in a woman. (Byron wrote:— S e u *ht of love, the .purity of grace, xne mind, the nrusic treathtog from her lace, 1c heart wboee softness harmonised the wajole, b« oh! chat eye was tn iteeH a soul. vlctaryto onr England! T *J™.where'er she lifts her hand, m Freedom's fight to rescue Right, tod bless the dear old land! ™ a wh eD the sturm has passed away, in glory and in calm, slt a ° wn r "»« o , tbe day, «M sios her peacefol psalm! —Gerald Massey. VelhTif^J* 76 done BntwWt t ??* Eold ln a sum, 1 what shall we give to-toyV We ihS, 1 'F tle hea rt »"d dry the tear, " c shall epeak with words of love and »« what have we done to-day? —Nlson Waterman. torn* aW womeTl ' s faces, some real, _ c c which contain something in em that becomes a positive element in creed, so direct and palpable a refeln»lt of infinite purity and love. No *°*ltt the Catholics pny their vows to flic JJ e ° ot Heaven. Tiie unpoeHcal side ol "cettantian to that it has no women to ■" *s*^»ed ? -olhrer .Wendell Hoimea. „,