The man who insists upon seeing with perfect clearness before he decides, never decides. Accept life, and you must accept regret.

Quote by Henri Frederic Amiel

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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...

Common sense is calculation applied to life.

Common sense is calculation applied to life.

Any landscape is a condition of the spirit.

Any landscape is a condition of the spirit.

Love is like swallowing hot chocolate before it has cooled off. It takes you by...

Love is like swallowing hot chocolate before it has cooled off. It takes you by...

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...

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...

Materialism coarsens and petrifies everything, making everything vulgar, and every truth false.

Materialism coarsens and petrifies everything, making everything vulgar, and every truth false.

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...

True love is that which ennobles the personality, fortifies the heart, and sanctifies the existence.

True love is that which ennobles the personality, fortifies the heart, and sanctifies the existence.

We only understand that which already within us.

We only understand that which already within us.

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 best path through life is the highway.

The best path through life is the highway.

In health there is freedom. Health is the first of all liberties.

In health there is freedom. Health is the first of all liberties.

If nationality is consent, the state is compulsion.

If nationality is consent, the state is compulsion.

Blessed be childhood, which brings down something of heaven into the midst of our rough...

Blessed be childhood, which brings down something of heaven into the midst of our rough...

Women wish to be loved not because they are pretty, or good, or well bred,...

Women wish to be loved not because they are pretty, or good, or well bred,...

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

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

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...

We disrespect ourselves and our free-will whenever we say that we NEED TO DO something.

We disrespect ourselves and our free-will whenever we say that we NEED TO DO something.

There is no occasion for women to consider themselves subordinate or inferior to man.

There is no occasion for women to consider themselves subordinate or inferior to man.