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

Quote by Henri Frederic Amiel

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If nationality is consent, the state is compulsion.

If nationality is consent, the state is compulsion.

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.

Tell me what you feel in your room when the full moon is shining in...

Tell me what you feel in your room when the full moon is shining in...

The best path through life is the highway.

The best path through life is the highway.

An error is the more dangerous in proportion to the degree of truth which it...

An error is the more dangerous in proportion to the degree of truth which it...

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.

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

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.

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...

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...

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

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

Thought is a kind of opium; it can intoxicate us, while still broad awake; it...

Thought is a kind of opium; it can intoxicate us, while still broad awake; it...

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.

Common sense is the measure of the possible.

Common sense is the measure of the possible.

To marry unequally is to suffer equally.

To marry unequally is to suffer equally.

Any landscape is a condition of the spirit.

Any landscape is a condition of the spirit.

It is not what he had, or even what he does which expresses the worth...

It is not what he had, or even what he does which expresses the worth...

Heroism is the brilliant triumph of the soul over the flesh, that is to say...

Heroism is the brilliant triumph of the soul over the flesh, that is to say...

The man that runs away lives to die another day.

The man that runs away lives to die another day.

If life must not be taken too seriously, then so neither must death.

If life must not be taken too seriously, then so neither must death.