Learn to... be what you are, and learn to resign with a good grace all that you are not.

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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...

Analysis kills spontaneity. The grain once ground into flour springs and germinates no more.

Analysis kills spontaneity. The grain once ground into flour springs and germinates no more.

Common sense is calculation applied to life.

Common sense is calculation applied to life.

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

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

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...

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...

Thankfulness is the beginning of gratitude. Gratitude is the completion of thankfulness. Thankfulness may consist...

Thankfulness is the beginning of gratitude. Gratitude is the completion of thankfulness. Thankfulness may consist...

Common sense is the measure of the possible.

Common sense is the measure of the possible.

The best path through life is the highway.

The best path through life is the highway.

The test of every religious, political, or educational system is the man that it forms.

The test of every religious, political, or educational system is the man that it forms.

A belief is not true because it is useful

A belief is not true because it is useful

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...

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

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

Everything you need for better future and success has already been written. And guess what?...

Everything you need for better future and success has already been written. And guess what?...

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.

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...

To do easily what is difficult for others is the mark of talent. To do...

To do easily what is difficult for others is the mark of talent. To do...

Any landscape is a condition of the spirit.

Any landscape is a condition of the spirit.

To live we must conquer incessantly, we must have the courage to be happy.

To live we must conquer incessantly, we must have the courage to be happy.