We are creatures of the moment; we live from one little space to another, and only one interest at a time fills these.

Quote by William Dean Howells

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Primitive societies without religion have never been found.

Primitive societies without religion have never been found.

Wisdom and goodness are twin-born, one heart must hold both sisters, never seen apart.

Wisdom and goodness are twin-born, one heart must hold both sisters, never seen apart.

The action is best that secures the greatest happiness for the greatest number.

The action is best that secures the greatest happiness for the greatest number.

Is it worth while to observe that there are no Venetian blinds in Venice?

Is it worth while to observe that there are no Venetian blinds in Venice?

There will presently be no room in the world for things; it will be filled...

There will presently be no room in the world for things; it will be filled...

He who sleeps in continual noise is wakened by silence

He who sleeps in continual noise is wakened by silence

I know, indeed, of nothing more subtle satisfying and cheering than a knowledge of the...

I know, indeed, of nothing more subtle satisfying and cheering than a knowledge of the...

The book which you read from a sense of duty, or because for any reason...

The book which you read from a sense of duty, or because for any reason...

The mortality of all inanimate things is terrible to me, but that of books most...

The mortality of all inanimate things is terrible to me, but that of books most...

If we like a man's dream, we call him a reformer; if we don't like...

If we like a man's dream, we call him a reformer; if we don't like...

Inequality is as dear to the American heart as liberty itself

Inequality is as dear to the American heart as liberty itself

A man never sees all that his mother has been to him until it's too...

A man never sees all that his mother has been to him until it's too...

It is the still, small voice that the soul heeds, not the deafening blasts of...

It is the still, small voice that the soul heeds, not the deafening blasts of...

He who sleeps in continual noise is wakened by silence.

He who sleeps in continual noise is wakened by silence.

Tomorrow I shall be sixty-nine, but I do not seem to care. I did not...

Tomorrow I shall be sixty-nine, but I do not seem to care. I did not...

An acre of performance is worth a whole world of promise.

An acre of performance is worth a whole world of promise.

Wisdom and goodness are twin-born, one heart must hold both sisters, never seen apart.

Wisdom and goodness are twin-born, one heart must hold both sisters, never seen apart.

You're a good man, Charlie Brown.

You're a good man, Charlie Brown.

On the whole human beings want to be good, but not too good, and not...

On the whole human beings want to be good, but not too good, and not...

True religion is real living; living with all one's soul, with all one's goodness and...

True religion is real living; living with all one's soul, with all one's goodness and...