The best path through life is the highway.

Quote by Henri Frederic Amiel

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A belief is not true because it is useful

A belief is not true because it is useful

An error is the more dangerous in proportion to the degree of truth which it...

An error is the more dangerous in proportion to the degree of truth which it...

Democracy means despair of finding any heroes to govern you, and contented putting up with...

Democracy means despair of finding any heroes to govern you, and contented putting up with...

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...

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...

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.

Common sense is the measure of the possible; it is composed of experience and prevision;...

Common sense is the measure of the possible; it is composed of experience and prevision;...

He who asks of life nothing but the improvement of his own nature... is less...

He who asks of life nothing but the improvement of his own nature... is less...

There is no respect for others without humility in one's self.

There is no respect for others without humility in one's self.

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...

Woman is the salvation or the destruction of the family. She carries its destiny in...

Woman is the salvation or the destruction of the family. She carries its destiny in...

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...

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.

Cleverness is serviceable for everything, sufficient for nothing

Cleverness is serviceable for everything, sufficient for nothing

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...

I do not deny the rights of democracy, but I have no illusions as to...

I do not deny the rights of democracy, but I have no illusions as to...

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...

We only understand that which already within us.

We only understand that which already within us.

It is not what he had, or even what he does which expresses the worth...

It is not what he had, or even what he does which expresses the worth...

Sacrifice still exists everywhere, and everywhere the elect of each generation suffers for the salvation...

Sacrifice still exists everywhere, and everywhere the elect of each generation suffers for the salvation...