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

Quote by Henri Frederic Amiel

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The best path through life is the highway.

The best path through life is the highway.

Blessed be childhood, which brings down something of heaven into the midst of our rough...

Blessed be childhood, which brings down something of heaven into the midst of our rough...

Love is like swallowing hot chocolate before it has cooled off. It takes you by...

Love is like swallowing hot chocolate before it has cooled off. It takes you by...

Common sense is the measure of the possible.

Common sense is the measure of the possible.

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...

Order is power.

Order is power.

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.

There is no respect for others without humility in one's self.

There is no respect for others without humility in one's self.

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.

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...

A lively, disinterested, persistent liking for truth is extraordinarily rare. Action and faith enslave thought,...

A lively, disinterested, persistent liking for truth is extraordinarily rare. Action and faith enslave thought,...

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.

Democracy is the name we give to the people each time we need them

Democracy is the name we give to the people each time we need them

Action and faith enslave thought, both of them in order not be troubled or inconvenienced...

Action and faith enslave thought, both of them in order not be troubled or inconvenienced...

Materialism coarsens and petrifies everything, making everything vulgar, and every truth false.

Materialism coarsens and petrifies everything, making everything vulgar, and every truth false.

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...

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

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

Reverence for life affords me my fundamental principle of morality, namely that good consists in...

Reverence for life affords me my fundamental principle of morality, namely that good consists in...

You fall out of your mother's womb, you crawl across open country under fire, and...

You fall out of your mother's womb, you crawl across open country under fire, and...

The wisdom of man never yet contrived a system of taxation that would operate with...

The wisdom of man never yet contrived a system of taxation that would operate with...