Welcome anything that comes to you, but do not long for anything else.

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The greatest intelligence is precisely the one that suffers most from its own limitations.

The greatest intelligence is precisely the one that suffers most from its own limitations.

Society knows perfectly well how to kill a man and has methods more subtle than...

Society knows perfectly well how to kill a man and has methods more subtle than...

It is only in adventure that some people succeed in knowing themselves - in finding...

It is only in adventure that some people succeed in knowing themselves - in finding...

To know how to free oneself is nothing; the arduous thing is to know what...

To know how to free oneself is nothing; the arduous thing is to know what...

By the time a philospher answers a question weve usually forgotten what was asked.

By the time a philospher answers a question weve usually forgotten what was asked.

Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the...

Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the...

Nothing prevents happiness like the memory of happiness.

Nothing prevents happiness like the memory of happiness.

It is good to follow one's own bent, so long as it leads upward.

It is good to follow one's own bent, so long as it leads upward.

Prejudices are the props of civilization

Prejudices are the props of civilization

It is only in adventure that some people succeed in knowing themselves - in finding...

It is only in adventure that some people succeed in knowing themselves - in finding...

What another would have done as well as you, do not do it. What another...

What another would have done as well as you, do not do it. What another...

Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.

Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.

To what a degree the same past can leave different marks - and especially admit...

To what a degree the same past can leave different marks - and especially admit...

I wished for nothing beyond her smile, and to walk with her thus, hand in...

I wished for nothing beyond her smile, and to walk with her thus, hand in...

Sin is whatever obscures the soul.

Sin is whatever obscures the soul.

Families, I hate you! Shut-in homes, closed doors, jealous possessors of happiness

Families, I hate you! Shut-in homes, closed doors, jealous possessors of happiness

Know thyself. A maxim as pernicious as it is ugly. Whoever studies himself arrest his...

Know thyself. A maxim as pernicious as it is ugly. Whoever studies himself arrest his...

Work and struggle and never accept an evil that you can change.

Work and struggle and never accept an evil that you can change.

The want of logic annoys. Too much logic bores. Life eludes logic, and everything that...

The want of logic annoys. Too much logic bores. Life eludes logic, and everything that...

There are very few monsters who warrant the fear we have of them.

There are very few monsters who warrant the fear we have of them.