Quotes by Joseph Fort Newton

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“Men build too many walls and not enough bridges.”

“Not what we have but what we use not what we see but what we choose-these are the things that mar or bless 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 human happiness.”

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“Men build too many walls and not enough bridges.”
— Joseph Fort Newton
bigotry bridges compassion culture

“Time is a river...and books are boats. Many volumes start down that stream, only to be wrecked and lost beyond recall in its sands. Only a few, a very few, endure the testings of time and live to b...”
— Joseph Fort Newton, The Lost Symbol
literature metaphor

“Not what we have but what we use not what we see but what we choose-these are the things that mar or bless human happiness.”
— Joseph Fort Newton
forgiveness

“Not what we have but what we use not what we see but what we choose-these are the things that mar or bless human happiness.”
— Joseph Fort Newton
forgiveness