It was completely fruitless to quarrel with the world, whereas the quarrel with oneself was occasionally fruitful and always, she had to admit, interesting.

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One can advise comfortably from a safe port.

One can advise comfortably from a safe port.

Not just in commerce but in the world of ideas too our age is putting...

Not just in commerce but in the world of ideas too our age is putting...

God creates out of nothing. Wonderful you say. Yes, to be sure, but he does...

God creates out of nothing. Wonderful you say. Yes, to be sure, but he does...

If I were to wish for anything, I should not wish for wealth and power,...

If I were to wish for anything, I should not wish for wealth and power,...

The paradox is really the pathos of intellectual life and just as only great souls...

The paradox is really the pathos of intellectual life and just as only great souls...

Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced.

Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced.

There is peace and rest and comfort in sorrow

There is peace and rest and comfort in sorrow

Irony is a disciplinarian feared only by those who do not know it, but cherished...

Irony is a disciplinarian feared only by those who do not know it, but cherished...

Face the facts of being what you are, for that is what changes what you...

Face the facts of being what you are, for that is what changes what you...

Marriage brings one into fatal connection with custom and tradition, and traditions and customs are...

Marriage brings one into fatal connection with custom and tradition, and traditions and customs are...

If I am capable of grasping God objectively, I do not believe, but precisely because...

If I am capable of grasping God objectively, I do not believe, but precisely because...

If I were to wish for anything, I should not wish for wealth and power,...

If I were to wish for anything, I should not wish for wealth and power,...

Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom.

Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom.

Purity of heart is to will one thing.

Purity of heart is to will one thing.

I see it all perfectly; there are two possible situations - one can either do...

I see it all perfectly; there are two possible situations - one can either do...

How absurd men are! They never use the liberties they have, they demand those they...

How absurd men are! They never use the liberties they have, they demand those they...

Our life always expresses the result of our dominant thoughts.

Our life always expresses the result of our dominant thoughts.

Wisdom is the supreme part of happiness.

Wisdom is the supreme part of happiness.

There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man...

There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man...

Happiness depends upon ourselves.

Happiness depends upon ourselves.

If you realize you aren't so wise today as you thought you were yesterday, you're...

If you realize you aren't so wise today as you thought you were yesterday, you're...