#ascends

Our prayer and God's mercy are like two buckets in a well; while the one ascends the other descends. ↗

— Mark Hopkins

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Rising genius always shoots out its rays from among the clouds, but these will gradually roll away and disappear as it ascends to its steady luster. ↗

— Washington Irving

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Man is made or unmade by himself. By the right choice he ascends. As a being of power, intelligence, and love, and the lord of his own thoughts, he holds the key to every situation. ↗

— James Allen

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