Love is like swallowing hot chocolate before it has cooled off. It takes you by surprise at first, but keeps you warm for a long time.

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...

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

Sacrifice, which is the passion of great souls, has never been the law of societies.

Sacrifice, which is the passion of great souls, has never been the law of societies.

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

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.

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...

The best path through life is the highway.

The best path through life is the highway.

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

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

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...

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.

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.

Sacrifice, which is the passion of great souls, has never been the law of societies.

Sacrifice, which is the passion of great souls, has never been the law of societies.

It is by teaching that we teach ourselves, by relating that we observe, by affirming...

It is by teaching that we teach ourselves, by relating that we observe, by affirming...

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...

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.

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...

In every loving woman there is a priestess of the past -- a pious guardian...

In every loving woman there is a priestess of the past -- a pious guardian...

All we need is the truth in our hand. Someone to call a friend. Never...

All we need is the truth in our hand. Someone to call a friend. Never...

Nothing is miserable unless you think it is so.

Nothing is miserable unless you think it is so.

Never frown, even when you're sad, because you never know when someone is falling in...

Never frown, even when you're sad, because you never know when someone is falling in...

There are only two things. Truth and lies. Truth is indivisible, hence it cannot recognize...

There are only two things. Truth and lies. Truth is indivisible, hence it cannot recognize...