We are all born for love. It is the principle of existence, and its only end.

Quote by Benjamin Disraeli

Topics: Life Quotes, Spiritual Quotes

The services in wartime are fit only for desperadoes, but in peace are only fit...

The services in wartime are fit only for desperadoes, but in peace are only fit...

I must follow the people. Am I not their leader?

I must follow the people. Am I not their leader?

The difference between a misfortune and a calamity is this: If Gladstone fell into the...

The difference between a misfortune and a calamity is this: If Gladstone fell into the...

The pursuit of science leads only to the insoluble.

The pursuit of science leads only to the insoluble.

It destroys one's nerves to be amiable every day to the same human being.

It destroys one's nerves to be amiable every day to the same human being.

I never deny. I never contradict. I sometimes forget.

I never deny. I never contradict. I sometimes forget.

Books are fatal: they are the curse of the human race. Nine-tenths of existing books...

Books are fatal: they are the curse of the human race. Nine-tenths of existing books...

Life is too short to be little. Man is never so manly as when he...

Life is too short to be little. Man is never so manly as when he...

But what minutes! Count them by sensation, and not by calendars, and each moment is...

But what minutes! Count them by sensation, and not by calendars, and each moment is...

When a man fell into his anecdotage it was a sign for him to retire...

When a man fell into his anecdotage it was a sign for him to retire...

Without tact you can learn nothing.

Without tact you can learn nothing.

Travel teaches toleration.

Travel teaches toleration.

The health of the people is really the foundation upon which all their happiness and...

The health of the people is really the foundation upon which all their happiness and...

Ignorance never settle a question.

Ignorance never settle a question.

Genius, when young, is divine.

Genius, when young, is divine.

You will find as you grow older that courage is the rarest of all qualities...

You will find as you grow older that courage is the rarest of all qualities...

I repeat... that all power is a trust; that we are accountable for its exercise;...

I repeat... that all power is a trust; that we are accountable for its exercise;...

An author who speaks about his own books is almost as bad as a mother...

An author who speaks about his own books is almost as bad as a mother...

There is more treasure in books than in all the pirate's loot on Treasure Island.

There is more treasure in books than in all the pirate's loot on Treasure Island.

Properly, we should read for power. Man reading should be man intensely alive. The book...

Properly, we should read for power. Man reading should be man intensely alive. The book...