Tell me what you feel in your room when the full moon is shining in upon you and your lamp is dying out, and I will tell you how old you are, and I shall know if you are happy.

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...

Common sense is calculation applied to life.

Common sense is calculation applied to life.

Clever people will recognize and tolerate nothing but cleverness.

Clever people will recognize and tolerate nothing but cleverness.

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

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

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.

If nationality is consent, the state is compulsion.

If nationality is consent, the state is compulsion.

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...

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.

Order is a great person's need and their true well being.

Order is a great person's need and their true well being.

Learn to limit yourself; to content yourself with some definite work; dare to be what...

Learn to limit yourself; to content yourself with some definite work; dare to be what...

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...

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...

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...

To know how to grow old is the master work of wisdom, and one of...

To know how to grow old is the master work of wisdom, and one of...

Doing easily what others find difficult is talent; doing what is impossible for others is...

Doing easily what others find difficult is talent; doing what is impossible for others is...

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...

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 only understand that which already within us.

We only understand that which already within us.

Learn to... be what you are, and learn to resign with a good grace all...

Learn to... be what you are, and learn to resign with a good grace all...

Self-interest is but the survival of the animal in us. Humanity only begins for man...

Self-interest is but the survival of the animal in us. Humanity only begins for man...