Prayer is more than meditation. In meditation, the source of strength is one's self. When one prays, he goes to a source of strength greater than his own.

Quote by Madame De Stael

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Society develops wit, but its contemplation alone forms genius.

Society develops wit, but its contemplation alone forms genius.

One must chose in life between boredom and suffering

One must chose in life between boredom and suffering

The mystery of existence is the connection between our faults and our misfortunes.

The mystery of existence is the connection between our faults and our misfortunes.

The mystery of existence is the connection between our faults and our misfortunes.

The mystery of existence is the connection between our faults and our misfortunes.

A religious life is a struggle and not a hymn.

A religious life is a struggle and not a hymn.

A man must know how to fly in the face of opinion; a woman to...

A man must know how to fly in the face of opinion; a woman to...

The greatest happiness is to transform one's feelings into action

The greatest happiness is to transform one's feelings into action

The mystery of existence is the connection between our faults and our misfortunes

The mystery of existence is the connection between our faults and our misfortunes

Men err from selfishness; women because they are weak.

Men err from selfishness; women because they are weak.

The human mind always makes progress, but it is a progress in spirals

The human mind always makes progress, but it is a progress in spirals

The human mind always makes progress, but it is a progress in spirals.

The human mind always makes progress, but it is a progress in spirals.

One must, in one's life, make a choice between boredom and suffering.

One must, in one's life, make a choice between boredom and suffering.

To understand everything makes one very indulgent.

To understand everything makes one very indulgent.

Scientific progress makes moral progress a necessity; for if man's power is increased, the checks...

Scientific progress makes moral progress a necessity; for if man's power is increased, the checks...

One must chose in life between boredom and suffering.

One must chose in life between boredom and suffering.

Love is the emplem of eternity; it confounds all notions of time; effaces all memory...

Love is the emplem of eternity; it confounds all notions of time; effaces all memory...

The voice of conscience is so delicate that it is easy to stifle it; but...

The voice of conscience is so delicate that it is easy to stifle it; but...

The sense of this word among the Greeks affords the noblest definition of it; enthusiasm...

The sense of this word among the Greeks affords the noblest definition of it; enthusiasm...

The greatest happiness is to transform one's feelings into action.

The greatest happiness is to transform one's feelings into action.

In matters of the heart, nothing is true except the improbable.

In matters of the heart, nothing is true except the improbable.