The first duty of society is to give each of its members the possibility of fulfilling his destiny. When it becomes incapable of performing this duty it must be transformed.

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Comforts and syphilis are the greatest enemies of mankind.

Comforts and syphilis are the greatest enemies of mankind.

Everyone makes a greater effort to hurt other people than to help himself.

Everyone makes a greater effort to hurt other people than to help himself.

Those who desire to rise as high as our human condition allows, must renounce intellectual...

Those who desire to rise as high as our human condition allows, must renounce intellectual...

Religion brings to man an inner strength, spiritual light, and ineffable peace.

Religion brings to man an inner strength, spiritual light, and ineffable peace.

Hard conditions of life are indispensable to bringing out the best in human personality.

Hard conditions of life are indispensable to bringing out the best in human personality.

The quality of life is more important than life itself.

The quality of life is more important than life itself.

Like hatred, jealousy is forbidden by the laws of life because it is essentially destructive.

Like hatred, jealousy is forbidden by the laws of life because it is essentially destructive.

All of us, at certain moments of our lives, need to take advice and to...

All of us, at certain moments of our lives, need to take advice and to...

Intuition comes very close to clairvoyance; it appears to be the extrasensory perception of reality.

Intuition comes very close to clairvoyance; it appears to be the extrasensory perception of reality.

The most efficient way to live reasonably is every morning to make a plan of...

The most efficient way to live reasonably is every morning to make a plan of...

Life leaps like a geyser for those who drill through the rock of inertia.

Life leaps like a geyser for those who drill through the rock of inertia.

The mug is a tool. My ace in the hole. To have looks is the...

The mug is a tool. My ace in the hole. To have looks is the...

Intuition comes very close to clairvoyance; it appears to be the extrasensory perception of reality

Intuition comes very close to clairvoyance; it appears to be the extrasensory perception of reality

Science has to be understood in its broadest sense, as a method for comprehending all...

Science has to be understood in its broadest sense, as a method for comprehending all...

In man, the things which are not measurable are more important than those which are...

In man, the things which are not measurable are more important than those which are...

A few observation and much reasoning lead to error; many observations and a little reasoning...

A few observation and much reasoning lead to error; many observations and a little reasoning...

The love of beauty in its multiple forms is the noblest gift of the human...

The love of beauty in its multiple forms is the noblest gift of the human...

Handsome is as handsome does.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Beauty and sadness always go together. Nature thought beauty too rich to go forth Upon...

Beauty and sadness always go together. Nature thought beauty too rich to go forth Upon...

Beauty is composed of an eternal, invariable element whose quantity is extremely difficult to determine,...

Beauty is composed of an eternal, invariable element whose quantity is extremely difficult to determine,...

Surprise is the greatest gift which life can grant us.

Surprise is the greatest gift which life can grant us.