“The great Carlyle has said that the best gift God ever gave to man was an eye that could really see; I venture to add that an equally rare and not less important gift is the courage to tell what one sees.”
1880s, Garfield's Words (1882)
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The Doors of Perception (1954)
Hymn: All things bright and beautiful http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/a/l/allthing.htm
Source: Quotes from secondary sources, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers, 1895, P. 95.
Just Say No (1986)
Context: And finally, to young people watching or listening, I have a very personal message for you: There's a big, wonderful world out there for you. It belongs to you. It's exciting and stimulating and rewarding. Don't cheat yourselves out of this promise. Our country needs you, but it needs you to be clear-eyed and clear-minded. I recently read one teenager's story. She's now determined to stay clean but was once strung out on several drugs. What she remembered most clearly about her recovery was that during the time she was on drugs everything appeared to her in shades of black and gray and after her treatment she was able to see colors again.
So, to my young friends out there: Life can be great, but not when you can't see it. So, open your eyes to life: to see it in the vivid colors that God gave us as a precious gift to His children, to enjoy life to the fullest, and to make it count. Say yes to your life. And when it comes to drugs and alcohol just say NO.
A Counterblaste to Tobacco (1604)
“God gave us the gift of life; it is up to us to give ourselves the gift of living well.”