Who speaks to the instincts speaks to the deepest in mankind, and finds the readiest response.

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Our friends interpret the world and ourselves to us, if we take them tenderly and...

Our friends interpret the world and ourselves to us, if we take them tenderly and...

That is a good book which is opened with expectation, and closed with delight and...

That is a good book which is opened with expectation, and closed with delight and...

Our ideals are our better selves.

Our ideals are our better selves.

Ignorance is innocence - stupidity comes with experience

Ignorance is innocence - stupidity comes with experience

The less routine the more life.

The less routine the more life.

Thought means life, since those who do not think so do not live in any...

Thought means life, since those who do not think so do not live in any...

Where there is a mother in the home, matters go well.

Where there is a mother in the home, matters go well.

First find the man in yourself if you will inspire manliness in others

First find the man in yourself if you will inspire manliness in others

Strengthen me by sympathizing with my strength, not my weakness.

Strengthen me by sympathizing with my strength, not my weakness.

Observation more than books, experience rather than persons, are the prime educators.

Observation more than books, experience rather than persons, are the prime educators.

The true teacher defends his pupils against his own personal influence. He inspires self-distrust. He...

The true teacher defends his pupils against his own personal influence. He inspires self-distrust. He...

First find the man in yourself if you will inspire manliness in others.

First find the man in yourself if you will inspire manliness in others.

We climb to heaven most often on the ruins of our cherished plans, finding our...

We climb to heaven most often on the ruins of our cherished plans, finding our...

Success is sweet and sweeter if long delayed and gotten through many struggles and defeats.

Success is sweet and sweeter if long delayed and gotten through many struggles and defeats.

Debate is masculine, conversation is feminine.

Debate is masculine, conversation is feminine.

A government, for protecting business only, is but a carcass, and soon falls by its...

A government, for protecting business only, is but a carcass, and soon falls by its...

Who speaks to the instincts speaks to the deepest in mankind, and finds the readiest...

Who speaks to the instincts speaks to the deepest in mankind, and finds the readiest...

The most important things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them

The most important things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them

Deep listening is miraculous for both listener and speaker. When someone receives us with open-hearted,...

Deep listening is miraculous for both listener and speaker. When someone receives us with open-hearted,...

The sick soon come to understand that they live in a different world from that...

The sick soon come to understand that they live in a different world from that...

Trust the instinct to the end, though you can render no reason

Trust the instinct to the end, though you can render no reason