Learn to limit yourself; to content yourself with some definite work; dare to be what you are and learn to resign with a good grace all that you are not; and to believe in your own individuality.

Quote by Henri Frederic Amiel

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

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

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...

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.

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...

Common sense is calculation applied to life.

Common sense is calculation applied to life.

Order is power.

Order is power.

Democracy means despair of finding any heroes to govern you, and contented putting up with...

Democracy means despair of finding any heroes to govern you, and contented putting up with...

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

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

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

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...

A belief is not true because it is useful

A belief is not true because it is useful

Cleverness is serviceable for everything, sufficient for nothing.

Cleverness is serviceable for everything, sufficient for nothing.

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...

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.

Let us be true: this is the highest maxim of art and of life, the...

Let us be true: this is the highest maxim of art and of life, the...

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...

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

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

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...

Any landscape is a condition of the spirit.

Any landscape is a condition of the spirit.