The best remedy for a short temper is a long walk.

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Logic works, metaphysics contemplates.

Logic works, metaphysics contemplates.

The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.

The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.

We may convince others by our arguments; but we can only persuade them by their...

We may convince others by our arguments; but we can only persuade them by their...

Children need models rather than critics.

Children need models rather than critics.

Time and truth are friends, though there are many moments hostile to truth

Time and truth are friends, though there are many moments hostile to truth

Ask the young. They know everything.

Ask the young. They know everything.

Superstition is the only religion of which base souls are capable

Superstition is the only religion of which base souls are capable

Words, like glass, obscure when they do not aid vision.

Words, like glass, obscure when they do not aid vision.

The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.

The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.

Kindness is loving people more than they deserve.

Kindness is loving people more than they deserve.

Children need models rather than critics.

Children need models rather than critics.

Justice is the truth in action.

Justice is the truth in action.

The mind conceives with pain, but it brings forth with delight.

The mind conceives with pain, but it brings forth with delight.

Imagination is the eye of the soul.

Imagination is the eye of the soul.

We must respect the past, and mistrust the present, if we wish to provide for...

We must respect the past, and mistrust the present, if we wish to provide for...

Misery is almost always the result of thinking.

Misery is almost always the result of thinking.

Without the spiritual world the material world is a disheartening enigma.

Without the spiritual world the material world is a disheartening enigma.

How many people make themselves abstract to appear profound. The most useful part of abstract...

How many people make themselves abstract to appear profound. The most useful part of abstract...

Pleasures are always children, pains always have wrinkles.

Pleasures are always children, pains always have wrinkles.

Never cut what you can untie.

Never cut what you can untie.