Our duty is to be useful, not according to our desires, but according to our powers.

Quote by Henri Frederic Amiel

Topics: Power Quotes

So long as a person is capable of self-renewal they are a living being.

So long as a person is capable of self-renewal they are a living being.

Action is coarsened thought; thought becomes concrete, obscure, and unconscious.

Action is coarsened thought; thought becomes concrete, obscure, and unconscious.

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...

To do easily what is difficult for others is the mark of talent. To do...

To do easily what is difficult for others is the mark of talent. To do...

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.

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...

Let us be true: this is the highest maxim of art and of life, the...

Let us be true: this is the highest maxim of art and of life, the...

Democracy means despair of finding any heroes to govern you, and contented putting up with...

Democracy means despair of finding any heroes to govern you, and contented putting up with...

Democracy means despair of finding any heroes to govern you, and contented putting up with...

Democracy means despair of finding any heroes to govern you, and contented putting up with...

Music is harmony, harmony is perfection, perfection is our dream, and our dream is heaven

Music is harmony, harmony is perfection, perfection is our dream, and our dream is heaven

Common sense is calculation applied to life.

Common sense is calculation applied to life.

Sympathy is the first condition of criticism.

Sympathy is the first condition of criticism.

We only understand that which already within us.

We only understand that which already within us.

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.

Uncertainty is the refuge of hope.

Uncertainty is the refuge of hope.

I do not deny the rights of democracy, but I have no illusions as to...

I do not deny the rights of democracy, but I have no illusions as to...

Truth is not only violated by falsehood; it may be equally outraged by silence

Truth is not only violated by falsehood; it may be equally outraged by silence

Work while you have the light. You are responsible for the talent that has been...

Work while you have the light. You are responsible for the talent that has been...

The man who has no inner-life is a slave to his surroundings.

The man who has no inner-life is a slave to his surroundings.

Every life is a profession of faith, and exercises an inevitable and silent influence.

Every life is a profession of faith, and exercises an inevitable and silent influence.