A man who is eating or lying with his wife or preparing to go to sleep in humility, thankfulness and temperance, is, by Christian standards, in an infinitely higher state than one who is listening to Bach or reading Plato…

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Even in literature and art, no man who bothers about originality will ever be original:...

Even in literature and art, no man who bothers about originality will ever be original:...

Part of every misery is, so to speak, the misery's shadow or reflection: the fact...

Part of every misery is, so to speak, the misery's shadow or reflection: the fact...

Thirty was so strange for me. Ive really had to come to terms with the...

Thirty was so strange for me. Ive really had to come to terms with the...

Telling us to obey instinct is like telling us to obey 'people.' People say different...

Telling us to obey instinct is like telling us to obey 'people.' People say different...

You don't have a soul. You are a Soul. You have a body.

You don't have a soul. You are a Soul. You have a body.

Lets pray that the human race never escapes from Earth to spread its iniquity elsewhere.

Lets pray that the human race never escapes from Earth to spread its iniquity elsewhere.

We all want progress, but if you're on the wrong road, progress means doing an...

We all want progress, but if you're on the wrong road, progress means doing an...

Don't use words too big for the subject. Don't say infinitely when you mean very;...

Don't use words too big for the subject. Don't say infinitely when you mean very;...

Has this world been so kind to you that you should leave with regret? There...

Has this world been so kind to you that you should leave with regret? There...

There are two kinds of people: those who say to God, Thy will be done,...

There are two kinds of people: those who say to God, Thy will be done,...

The real problem is not why some pious, humble, believing people suffer, but why some...

The real problem is not why some pious, humble, believing people suffer, but why some...

The long, dull, monotonous years of middle-aged prosperity or middle-aged adversity are excellent campaigning weather...

The long, dull, monotonous years of middle-aged prosperity or middle-aged adversity are excellent campaigning weather...

I sometimes wander whether all pleasures are not substitutes for joy.

I sometimes wander whether all pleasures are not substitutes for joy.

What you see and hear depends a great deal on where you are standing; it...

What you see and hear depends a great deal on where you are standing; it...

You cant get a cup of tea big enough or a book long enough to...

You cant get a cup of tea big enough or a book long enough to...

The real problem is not why some pious, humble, believing people suffer, but why some...

The real problem is not why some pious, humble, believing people suffer, but why some...

Miracles do not, in fact, break the laws of nature.

Miracles do not, in fact, break the laws of nature.

Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art... It has no survival value; rather it is...

Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art... It has no survival value; rather it is...

I would like to raise my glass to friendship between Russia and the United States.

I would like to raise my glass to friendship between Russia and the United States.

There are times when I think that the ideal library is composed solely of reference...

There are times when I think that the ideal library is composed solely of reference...