#thus

In the realm of ideas everything depends on enthusiasm... in the real world all rests on perseverance. ↗

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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The true meaning of religion is thus, not simply morality, but morality touched by emotion. ↗

— Matthew Arnold

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A mediocre idea that generates enthusiasm will go further than a great idea that inspires no one. ↗

— Mary Kay Ash

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Thus united to them in the fellowship of life, he will both understand the things revealed to them by God and, thenceforth escaping the peril that threatens sinners in the judgment, will receive that which is laid up for the saints in the kingdom of heaven. ↗

— Athanasius

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To reach something good it is very useful to have gone astray, and thus acquire experience. ↗

— Saint Teresa of Avila

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It cannot take decades to resurrect, we must act immediately with purpose and enthusiasm to rebuild. ↗

— Alan Autry

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O my God, what must a soul be like when it is in this state! It longs to be all one tongue with which to praise the Lord. It utters a thousand pious follies, in a continuous endeavor to please Him who thus possesses it. ↗

— Saint Teresa of Avila

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Anyone who thus looks up has some chance of becoming worthy to be looked up to in turn. ↗

— Irving Babbitt

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Enthusiasm is not the same as just being excited. One gets excited about going on a roller coaster. One becomes enthusiastic about creating and building a roller coaster. ↗

— Bo Bennett

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If an ignorant person is attracted by the things of the world, that is bad. But if a learned person is thus attracted, it is worse. ↗

— Abu Bakr

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