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Joseph Fort Newton Quotes: So many of us know what we are against, but not what we are for-what we disbelieve, not what we believe. A negative life easily becomes neutral and futile.
         

So many of us know what we are against, but not what we are for-what we disbelieve, not what we believe. A negative life easily becomes neutral and futile.


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More than an institution, more than a tradition, more than a society, Masonry is one of the forms of Divine life upon earth.

More than an institution, more than a tradition, more than a society, Masonry is one of the forms of Divine life upon earth.



Belief is truth held in the mind; faith is a fire in the heart.

Belief is truth held in the mind; faith is a fire in the heart.



Not what we have, but what we use, not what we see, but what we choose, these are the things that mar or bless the sum of human happiness.

Not what we have, but what we use, not what we see, but what we choose, these are the things that mar or bless the sum of human happiness.



Love is lost in immensities; it comes in simple, gentle ways.

Love is lost in immensities; it comes in simple, gentle ways.



An egotist is not a man who thinks too much of himself; he is a man who thinks too little of other people.

An egotist is not a man who thinks too much of himself; he is a man who thinks too little of other people.



A duty dodged is like a debt unpaid; it is only deferred, and we must come back and settle the account at last.

A duty dodged is like a debt unpaid; it is only deferred, and we must come back and settle the account at last.



Every man has a train of thought on which he rides when he is alone.

Every man has a train of thought on which he rides when he is alone.



Instead of criticizing Masonry, let us than God for one alter where no man is asked to surrender his liberty of thought and become an indistinguishable atom on a mass of sectarian agglomeration.

Instead of criticizing Masonry, let us than God for one alter where no man is asked to surrender his liberty of thought and become an indistinguishable atom on a mass of sectarian agglomeration.





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