Our acts make or mar us, we are the children of our own deeds.

Quote by Victor Hugo

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Jesus wept; Voltaire smiled. From that divine tear and from that human smile is derived...

Jesus wept; Voltaire smiled. From that divine tear and from that human smile is derived...

A mother's arms are made of tenderness and children sleep soundly in them.

A mother's arms are made of tenderness and children sleep soundly in them.

Prayer is an august avowal of ignorance.

Prayer is an august avowal of ignorance.

Initiative is doing the right thing without being told.

Initiative is doing the right thing without being told.

Strange to say, the luminous world is the invisible world; the luminous world is that...

Strange to say, the luminous world is the invisible world; the luminous world is that...

To love another person is to see the face of God.

To love another person is to see the face of God.

When a woman is talking to you, listen to what she says with her eyes.

When a woman is talking to you, listen to what she says with her eyes.

We may remark in passing that to be blind and beloved may, in this world...

We may remark in passing that to be blind and beloved may, in this world...

The animal is ignorant of the fact that he knows. The man is aware of...

The animal is ignorant of the fact that he knows. The man is aware of...

Son, brother, father, lover, friend. There is room in the heart for all the affections,...

Son, brother, father, lover, friend. There is room in the heart for all the affections,...

My friends, remember this, that there are no weeds, and no worthless men, there are...

My friends, remember this, that there are no weeds, and no worthless men, there are...

Stupidity talks, vanity acts.

Stupidity talks, vanity acts.

The human soul has still greater need of the ideal than of the real. It...

The human soul has still greater need of the ideal than of the real. It...

Have courage for the great sorrows of life and patience for the small ones; and...

Have courage for the great sorrows of life and patience for the small ones; and...

Doing nothing is happiness for children and misery for old men.

Doing nothing is happiness for children and misery for old men.

Architecture has recorded the great ideas of the human race. Not only every religious symbol,...

Architecture has recorded the great ideas of the human race. Not only every religious symbol,...

The wise man does not grow old, but ripens.

The wise man does not grow old, but ripens.

Intelligence is the wife, imagination is the mistress, memory is the servant.

Intelligence is the wife, imagination is the mistress, memory is the servant.

It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer.

It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer.

Three-quarters of the sicknesses of intelligent people come from their intelligence. They need at least...

Three-quarters of the sicknesses of intelligent people come from their intelligence. They need at least...