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

Quote by Henri Frederic Amiel

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

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

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

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

If nationality is consent, the state is compulsion.

If nationality is consent, the state is compulsion.

Common sense is the measure of the possible.

Common sense is the measure of the possible.

We are never more discontented with others than when we are discontented with ourselves.

We are never more discontented with others than when we are discontented with ourselves.

Society lives by faith, and develops by science.

Society lives by faith, and develops by science.

Doing easily what others find difficult is talent; doing what is impossible for others is...

Doing easily what others find difficult is talent; doing what is impossible for others is...

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...

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...

We only understand that which already within us.

We only understand that which already within us.

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.

In health there is freedom. Health is the first of all liberties.

In health there is freedom. Health is the first of all liberties.

So long as a person is capable of self-renewal they are a living being.

So long as a person is capable of self-renewal they are a living being.

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...

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...

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...

Learn to limit yourself; to content yourself with some definite work; dare to be what...

Learn to limit yourself; to content yourself with some definite work; dare to be what...

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

One has the right to be wrong in a democracy

One has the right to be wrong in a democracy

The discrepancy between American ideals and American practice creates a dry rot which eats away...

The discrepancy between American ideals and American practice creates a dry rot which eats away...