For purposes of action nothing is more useful than narrowness of thought combined with energy of will.

Quote by Henri Frederic Amiel

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Life is short and we have never too much time for gladdening the hearts of...

Life is short and we have never too much time for gladdening the hearts of...

I'm not interested in age. People who tell me their age are silly. You're as...

I'm not interested in age. People who tell me their age are silly. You're as...

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...

Mozart has the classic purity of light and the blue ocean; Beethoven the romantic grandeur...

Mozart has the classic purity of light and the blue ocean; Beethoven the romantic grandeur...

Pure truth cannot be assimilated by the crowd; it must be communicated by contagion.

Pure truth cannot be assimilated by the crowd; it must be communicated by contagion.

Common sense is the measure of the possible.

Common sense is the measure of the possible.

We only understand that which already within us.

We only understand that which already within us.

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...

Work while you have the light. You are responsible for the talent that has been...

Work while you have the light. You are responsible for the talent that has been...

Man becomes man only by his intelligence, but he is man only by his heart.

Man becomes man only by his intelligence, but he is man only by his heart.

Charm: the quality in others that makes us more satisfied with ourselves.

Charm: the quality in others that makes us more satisfied with ourselves.

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.

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...

Truth is not only violated by falsehood; it may be equally outraged by silence

Truth is not only violated by falsehood; it may be equally outraged by silence

A belief is not true because it is useful

A belief is not true because it is useful

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...

Tears are the symbol of the inability of the soul to restrain its emotion and...

Tears are the symbol of the inability of the soul to restrain its emotion and...

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.

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 systems, perhaps, are nothing more than an unconscious apology for our faults, a gigantic...

Our systems, perhaps, are nothing more than an unconscious apology for our faults, a gigantic...