 We live in deeds, not years; in thoughts, not breaths; In feelings, not in figures on a dial. We should count time by heart-throbs. He most lives Who thinks most — feels the noblest — acts the best.  Unity Pulpit - Página 31882Visualização integral - Acerca deste livro
 | 1856 - 902 páginas
...я knowledge of the truth, and enable him to follow its dictates without flattery or detraction. ' We live in deeds, not years ; in thoughts, not breaths ; In feelings, not in figures on a dial. We should count time by heart-throbs. He most lives Who thinks most— feels the noblest — acts the... | |
 | Sara Tappan Lawrence Robinson - 1856 - 412 páginas
...demand that one should live, not for self, but out of self, and in realizing the beauty of the poem, " We live in deeds, not years, In thoughts, not breaths, in feelings, Not in figures on a dial. He lives most Who thinks most — feels the noblest — acts the best. ' ' With a constant use of faculties... | |
 | Henry Pitman - 1856 - 1048 páginas
...— " Life's more than breath, and the quick round of blood, "Tis a great spirit and a busy heart. We live in deeds, not years ; in thoughts, not breaths ; In feelings, not in figures on a dial. We should count time by heart-throbs : He most lives Who thinks most, feels the noblest, acts the best."... | |
 | John Wilson - 1856 - 364 páginas
...not the business of virtue to extirpate the affections but to regulate them. (Rule, and Remark i.) We live in deeds not years; in thoughts not breaths; in feelings not in figures on a dial. (Rule.) Novel-reading is generally calculated to weaken if not to debase the moral powers. (Rule, and... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1857 - 164 páginas
...! " Life Js more than breath and the quick round of blood ; 'T is a great spirit and a busy heart. We live in deeds, not years ; in thoughts, not breaths ; In feelings, not in figures on a dial." The memorial of goodness is everlasting. Whoever bears a working hand and a large love through the... | |
 | Warren Chase - 1857 - 318 páginas
...Their words and deeds like the thunders go ; Can ye stifle their voices ? — They answer, c No ! ' " We live in deeds, not years ; in thoughts, not breaths ; In feelings, not in figures on a dial. We should count time by heart-throbs : he most lives Who thinks most, feels the noblest, acts the best... | |
 | Ephraim Peabody - 1857 - 450 páginas
...throbbing blood and flames in the whirl and tempest of the passions. And so the poet sings : — " We live in deeds, not years ; in thoughts, not breaths ; - In feelings, not in figures on a dial. We should count time by heart-throbs. He most lives Who thinks most, feels the noblest, acts the best.... | |
 | 1857 - 818 páginas
...real, life is earnest," &c. Much more correctly, a poet not remarkable for a true philosophy says: ' We live in deeds, not years ; in thoughts, not breaths ; In feelings, not in figures on a dial. We should count time by heart-throbs. He most lives Who thinks most — feels the noblest — acts... | |
 | 1857 - 676 páginas
...shall know when I get there ; meanwhile remember that what follows is a portion of my creed: — M We live in deeds, not years : in thoughts, not breaths : In feelings, not in figures on a dial. We should count time by heart-throbs. He most lives Who thinks most, feels the noblest, acts the best... | |
 | Margaret Cockburn Conkling - 1857 - 506 páginas
...few lines, embodying my own sentiments, and in a form much more impressive than I can command : — "We live in deeds, not years; in thoughts, not breaths; In feelings, not in figures on a dial. We should count time by heart-throbs. He most lives Who thinlci most, feels the noblest, acts the best."... | |
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