A part of kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve.

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Kindness is loving people more than they deserve.

Kindness is loving people more than they deserve.

Justice is the truth in action.

Justice is the truth in action.

It is better to debate a question without settling it than to settle a question...

It is better to debate a question without settling it than to settle a question...

You will not find poetry anywhere unless you bring some of it with you.

You will not find poetry anywhere unless you bring some of it with you.

When a nation gives birth to a man who is able to produce a great...

When a nation gives birth to a man who is able to produce a great...

One of the most difficult things to give away is kindness it is usually returned

One of the most difficult things to give away is kindness it is usually returned

Space is the stature of God.

Space is the stature of God.

Logic works, metaphysics contemplates.

Logic works, metaphysics contemplates.

Without the spiritual world the material world is a disheartening enigma.

Without the spiritual world the material world is a disheartening enigma.

When you go in search of honey you must expect to be stung by bees.

When you go in search of honey you must expect to be stung by bees.

The Bible remained for me a book of books, still divine - but divine in...

The Bible remained for me a book of books, still divine - but divine in...

God is the place where I do not remember the rest.

God is the place where I do not remember the rest.

Never cut what you can untie.

Never cut what you can untie.

Those who never retract their opinions love themselves more than they love the truth.

Those who never retract their opinions love themselves more than they love the truth.

Imagination is the eye of the soul.

Imagination is the eye of the soul.

Be charitable and indulge to everyone, but thyself.

Be charitable and indulge to everyone, but thyself.

In bringing up a child, think of its old age.

In bringing up a child, think of its old age.

The best remedy for a short temper is a long walk.

The best remedy for a short temper is a long walk.

We must respect the past, and mistrust the present, if we wish to provide for...

We must respect the past, and mistrust the present, if we wish to provide for...

The direction of the mind is more important than its progress.

The direction of the mind is more important than its progress.