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A man must be able to cut a knot, for everything cannot be untied; he ...  
Action and faith enslave thought, both of them in order not be trouble...  
Action is coarsened thought; thought becomes concrete, obscure, and un...  
An error is the more dangerous in proportion to the degree of truth wh...  
Analysis kills spontaneity. The grain once ground into flour springs a...  
Charm is the quality in others, that makes us more satisfied with ours...  
Clever people will recognize and tolerate nothing but cleverness.  
Cleverness is serviceable for everything, sufficient for nothing.  
Common sense is calculation applied to life.  
Common sense is the measure of the possible; it is composed of experie...  
Conquering any difficulty always gives one a secret joy, for it means ...  
Destiny has two ways of crushing us - by refusing our wishes and by fu...  
Doing easily what others find difficult is talent; doing what is impos...  
Every life is a profession of faith, and exercises an inevitable and s...  
Everything you need for better future and success has already been wri...  
For purposes of action nothing is more useful than narrowness of thoug...  
Great men are true men, the men in whom nature has succeeded. They are...  
He who asks of life nothing but the improvement of his own natureÉ is ...  
I'm not interested in age. People who tell me their age are silly. You...   Age
If nationality is consent, the state is compulsion.  
In every loving woman there is a priestess of the past - a pious guard...  
It is by teaching that we teach ourselves, by relating that we observe...  
It is not what he had, or even what he does which expresses the worth ...  
Learn to limit yourself; to content yourself with some definite work; ...  
Learn to... be what you are, and learn to resign with a good grace all...  
Let mystery have its place in you; do not be always turning up your wh...  
Life is short and we have never too much time for gladdening the heart...  
Life is short. Be swift to love! Make haste to be kind!  
Man becomes man only by his intelligence, but he is man only by his he...   Intelligence
Materialism coarsens and petrifies everything, making everything vulga...  
Mutual respect implies discretion and reserve even in love itself; it ...  
Order is a great person's need and their true well being.  
Order is power.  
Our duty is to be useful, not according to our desires but according t...  
Our systems, perhaps, are nothing more than an unconscious apology for...  
Pure truth cannot be assimilated by the crowd; it must be communicated...  
Sacrifice still exists everywhere, and everywhere the elect of each ge...  
Sacrifice, which is the passion of great souls, has never been the law...  
Self-interest is but the survival of the animal in us. Humanity only b...  
So long as a person is capable of self-renewal they are a living being...  
Society lives by faith, and develops by science.  
Sympathy is the first condition of criticism.  
Tears are the symbol of the inability of the soul to restrain its emot...  
Thankfulness is the beginning of gratitude. Gratitude is the completio...  
The actors today really need the whip hand. They're so lazy. They have...  
The best path through life is the highway.  
The fire which enlightens is the same fire which consumes.  
The man who has no inner-life is a slave to his surroundings.  
The man who insists upon seeing with perfect clearness before he decid...  
The only substance properly so called is the soul.  
There is no respect for others without humility in one's self.  
Thought is a kind of opium; it can intoxicate us, while still broad aw...  
To depersonalize man is the dominant drift of our times.  
To do easily what is difficult for others is the mark of talent. To do...  
To know how to suggest is the great art of teaching. To attain it we m...  
To live we must conquer incessantly, we must have the courage to be ha...  
To marry unequally is to suffer equally.  
To shun one's cross is to make it heavier.  
True humility is contentment.  
Uncertainty is the refuge of hope.  
We are never more discontented with others than when we are discontent...  
We only understand that which already within us.  
What we call little things are merely the causes of great things; they...  
Whenever conscience speaks with a divided, uncertain, and disputed voi...  
Will localizes us; thought universalizes us.  
Without passion man is a mere latent force and possibility, like the f...  
Women wish to be loved without a why or a wherefore; not because they ...  
Work while you have the light. You are responsible for the talent that...