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

Quote by Henri Frederic Amiel

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I'm not interested in age. People who tell me their age are silly. You're as...

I'm not interested in age. People who tell me their age are silly. You're as...

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...

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...

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...

The fire which enlightens is the same fire which consumes.

The fire which enlightens is the same fire which consumes.

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.

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...

A lively, disinterested, persistent liking for truth is extraordinarily rare. Action and faith enslave thought,...

A lively, disinterested, persistent liking for truth is extraordinarily rare. Action and faith enslave thought,...

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.

Music is harmony, harmony is perfection, perfection is our dream, and our dream is heaven

Music is harmony, harmony is perfection, perfection is our dream, and our dream is heaven

To know how to suggest is the great art of teaching. To attain it we...

To know how to suggest is the great art of teaching. To attain it we...

To do easily what is difficult for others is the mark of talent. To do...

To do easily what is difficult for others is the mark of talent. To do...

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.

Analysis kills spontaneity. The grain once ground into flour springs and germinates no more.

Analysis kills spontaneity. The grain once ground into flour springs and germinates no more.

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 man who insists upon seeing with perfect clearness before he decides, never decides. Accept...

The man who insists upon seeing with perfect clearness before he decides, never decides. Accept...

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...

Our systems, perhaps, are nothing more than an unconscious apology for our faults, a gigantic...

Our systems, perhaps, are nothing more than an unconscious apology for our faults, a gigantic...

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.

The test of every religious, political, or educational system is the man that it forms.

The test of every religious, political, or educational system is the man that it forms.