When you find that weariness depresses or amusement distracts you, you will calmly turn with an untroubled spirit to your Heavenly Father, who is always holding out His arms to you. You will look to Him for gladness and refreshment…

Quote by Francois Fenelon

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Children are excellent observers, and will often perceive your slightest defects. In general, those who...

Children are excellent observers, and will often perceive your slightest defects. In general, those who...

Exactness and neatness in moderation is a virtue, but carried to extremes narrows the mind.

Exactness and neatness in moderation is a virtue, but carried to extremes narrows the mind.

All wars are civil wars, because all men are brothers.

All wars are civil wars, because all men are brothers.

A good historian is timeless; although he is a patriot, he will never flatter his...

A good historian is timeless; although he is a patriot, he will never flatter his...

The past but lives in written words: a thousand ages were blank if books had...

The past but lives in written words: a thousand ages were blank if books had...

There is a set of religious, or rather moral, writings which teach that virtue is...

There is a set of religious, or rather moral, writings which teach that virtue is...

Little opportunities should be improved.

Little opportunities should be improved.

Genuine good taste consists in saying much in few words, in choosing among our thoughts,...

Genuine good taste consists in saying much in few words, in choosing among our thoughts,...

The art of cookery is the art of poisoning mankind, by rendering the appetite still...

The art of cookery is the art of poisoning mankind, by rendering the appetite still...

Nothing is more despicable than a professional talker who uses his words as a quack...

Nothing is more despicable than a professional talker who uses his words as a quack...

Do not make best friends with a melancholy sad soul. They always are heavily loaded,...

Do not make best friends with a melancholy sad soul. They always are heavily loaded,...

The best use one can make of his mind is to distrust it

The best use one can make of his mind is to distrust it

Had we not faults of our own, we should take less pleasure in complaining of...

Had we not faults of our own, we should take less pleasure in complaining of...

If we were faultless we should not be so much annoyed by the defects of...

If we were faultless we should not be so much annoyed by the defects of...

All earthly delights are sweeter in expectation than in enjoyment; but all spiritual pleasures more...

All earthly delights are sweeter in expectation than in enjoyment; but all spiritual pleasures more...

If the riches of the Indies, or the crowns of all the kingdoms of Europe,...

If the riches of the Indies, or the crowns of all the kingdoms of Europe,...

The cruelest thing anyone can do to Portnoy's Complaint is to read it twice.

The cruelest thing anyone can do to Portnoy's Complaint is to read it twice.

My alma mater was books, a good library - I could spend the rest of...

My alma mater was books, a good library - I could spend the rest of...

If I read a book and it makes my whole body so cold no fire...

If I read a book and it makes my whole body so cold no fire...

His father, Vincent, took him to La Coupole in Paris and, after sitting on the...

His father, Vincent, took him to La Coupole in Paris and, after sitting on the...