Culture is the process by which a person becomes all that they were created capable of being.

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Of all acts of man repentance is the most divine. The greatest of all faults...

Of all acts of man repentance is the most divine. The greatest of all faults...

Democracy is cumbersome, slow and inefficient, but in due time, the voice of the people...

Democracy is cumbersome, slow and inefficient, but in due time, the voice of the people...

Writing is a dreadful labor, yet not so dreadful as Idleness.

Writing is a dreadful labor, yet not so dreadful as Idleness.

The cut of a garment speaks of intellect and talent and the color of temperament...

The cut of a garment speaks of intellect and talent and the color of temperament...

A well-written life is almost as rare as a well-spent one.

A well-written life is almost as rare as a well-spent one.

There is a great discovery still to be made in literature, that of paying literary...

There is a great discovery still to be made in literature, that of paying literary...

Every noble work is at first impossible.

Every noble work is at first impossible.

What an enormous magnifier is tradition! How a thing grows in the human memory and...

What an enormous magnifier is tradition! How a thing grows in the human memory and...

When new turns of behavior cease to appear in the life of the individual, its...

When new turns of behavior cease to appear in the life of the individual, its...

If you look deep enough you will see music; the heart of nature being everywhere...

If you look deep enough you will see music; the heart of nature being everywhere...

Music is well said to be the speech of angels; in fact, nothing among the...

Music is well said to be the speech of angels; in fact, nothing among the...

Worship is transcendent wonder.

Worship is transcendent wonder.

The work an unknown good man has done is like a vein of water flowing...

The work an unknown good man has done is like a vein of water flowing...

I don't pretend to understand the Universe - it's a great deal bigger than I...

I don't pretend to understand the Universe - it's a great deal bigger than I...

All that mankind has done, thought or been: it is lying as in magic preservation...

All that mankind has done, thought or been: it is lying as in magic preservation...

Every new opinion, at its starting, is precisely in a minority of one.

Every new opinion, at its starting, is precisely in a minority of one.

A man without a goal is like a ship without a rudder.

A man without a goal is like a ship without a rudder.

There is a great discovery still to be made in literature, that of paying literary...

There is a great discovery still to be made in literature, that of paying literary...

If what you have done is unjust, you have not succeeded.

If what you have done is unjust, you have not succeeded.

Isolation is the sum total of wretchedness to a man.

Isolation is the sum total of wretchedness to a man.