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Things sacred should not only be touched with the hands, but unviolated in thought. [Lat., Res sacros non modo manibus attingi, sed ne cogitatione quidem violari fas fuit.]
A happy life consists in tranquility of mind.
The higher we are placed, the more humbly we should walk.
Teach thy tongue to say 'I do not know,' and thou shalt progress.
Because of a great love, one is courageous.
When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.
To lead people, walk behind them.
He who overcomes others has force; he who overcomes himself is strong.
Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.
If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading.
If my heart can become pure and simple, like that of a child, I think there probably can be no greater happiness than this.
The worker puts his life into the object; but now it no longer belongs to him, it belongs to the object.
Religion is the opiate of the people.
Women have a genius for love; men can only learn the art indifferently.
Happiness does not consist in self-love.
The hunter is the alert man. But this itself-life as complete alertness-is the attitude in which the animal exists in the jungle.
One person with a belief is equal to ninety-nine who have only interests.
I have learned to seek my happiness by limiting my desires, rather than in attempting to satisfy them.
Every man must some time or other be trusted to himself.
Time and memory are true artists; they remould reality nearer to the heart's desire.
Every blue-stocking will remain a spinster as long as there are sensible men on the earth. [Fr., Toute fille lettree restera fille toute sa vie, quand il n'y aura que des hommes senses sur la terre.]
The study of History is the beginning of wisdom.
Happiness is not an ideal of reason, but of imagination.
The people must fight for their laws as for their walls.
Work while you have the light. You are responsible for the talent that has been entrusted to you.
To marry unequally is to suffer equally.
Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom.
It is unity that doth enchant me. By her power I am free though thrall, happy in sorrow, rich in poverty, and quick even in death.
The lover knows much more about absolute good and universal beauty than any logician or theologian, unless the latter, too, be lovers in disguise.
Each religion, by the help of more or less myth, which it takes more or less seriously, proposes some method of fortifying the human soul and enabling it to make its peace with its destiny.
Intelligence is quickness in seeing things as they are.
Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness.
The earth has music for those who listen.
Other men it is said have seen angels, but I have seen thee and thou art enough.
The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring. And that is not happiness.
To know a person's religion we need not listen to his profession of faith but must find his brand of intolerance.
The leader has to be practical and a realist, yet must talk the language of the visionary and the idealist.
Death does not concern us, because as long as we exist, death is not here. And when it does come, we no longer exist.
First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.
People are not disturbed by things, but by the view they take of them.
If religion is only human, and its form is man's form, it follows that everything in religion is true.
Yet, though it is like this, simply, flowers fall amid our longing and weeds spring up amid our antipathy.
To study the self is to forget the self. To forget the self is to be enlightened by the ten thousand things.
Young men not ought to marry yet, and old men never ought to marry at all.
Beauty kindles love, and only the one who remains captivated by it, only the one who is intoxicated by it, only the one who remains a lover while he is investigating its essence, can hope to penetrate its essence.
Bad company is as instructive as licentiousness. One makes up for the loss of one's innocence with the loss of one's prejudices.
The most dangerous madmen are those created by religion, and people whose aim is to disrupt society always know how to make good use of them on occasion.
There is only one passion, the passion for happiness.
Gaiety is a quality of ordinary men. Genius always presupposes some disorder in the machine.
He is happy whom circumstances suit his temper; but he Is more excellent who suits his temper to any circumstance.
