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Sacrifice still exists everywhere, and everywhere the elect of each generation suffers for the salvation...

Sacrifice still exists everywhere, and everywhere the elect of each generation suffers for the salvation...

The man who insists upon seeing with perfect clearness before he decides, never decides. Accept...

The man who insists upon seeing with perfect clearness before he decides, never decides. Accept...

He who asks of life nothing but the improvement of his own nature... is less...

He who asks of life nothing but the improvement of his own nature... is less...

Society lives by faith, and develops by science.

Society lives by faith, and develops by science.

It is not what he had, or even what he does, which expresses the worth...

It is not what he had, or even what he does, which expresses the worth...

Pure truth cannot be assimilated by the crowd; it must be communicated by contagion.

Pure truth cannot be assimilated by the crowd; it must be communicated by contagion.

Let mystery have its place in you; do not be always turning up your whole...

Let mystery have its place in you; do not be always turning up your whole...

Learn to limit yourself; to content yourself with some definite work; dare to be what...

Learn to limit yourself; to content yourself with some definite work; dare to be what...

Women wish to be loved without a why or a wherefore; not because they are...

Women wish to be loved without a why or a wherefore; not because they are...

Thought is a kind of opium; it can intoxicate us, while still broad awake; it...

Thought is a kind of opium; it can intoxicate us, while still broad awake; it...

To win true peace, a man needs to feel himself directed, pardoned, and sustained by...

To win true peace, a man needs to feel himself directed, pardoned, and sustained by...

Man becomes man only by his intelligence, but he is man only by his heart.

Man becomes man only by his intelligence, but he is man only by his heart.

To live we must conquer incessantly, we must have the courage to be happy.

To live we must conquer incessantly, we must have the courage to be happy.

Destiny has two ways of crushing us - by refusing our wishes and by fulfilling...

Destiny has two ways of crushing us - by refusing our wishes and by fulfilling...

Learn to... be what you are, and learn to resign with a good grace all...

Learn to... be what you are, and learn to resign with a good grace all...

Sacrifice, which is the passion of great souls, has never been the law of societies.

Sacrifice, which is the passion of great souls, has never been the law of societies.

True love is that which ennobles the personality, fortifies the heart, and sanctifies the existence.

True love is that which ennobles the personality, fortifies the heart, and sanctifies the existence.

We lie in each other's arms eyes shut and fingers open and all the colors...

We lie in each other's arms eyes shut and fingers open and all the colors...

There are very few people who are not ashamed of having been in love when...

There are very few people who are not ashamed of having been in love when...

Friendship is constant in all other things Save in the office and affairs of love.

Friendship is constant in all other things Save in the office and affairs of love.