The reason why the world lacks unity, and lies broken and in heaps, is, because man is disunited with himself.
There is no beautifier of complexion, or form, or behavior, like the wish to scatter joy and not pain around us.
Whatever course you decide upon there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising which tempt you to believe that your critics are right. To map out a cours...
One must be an inventor to read well. There is then creative reading as well as creative writing.
Be not the slave of your own past - plunge into the sublime seas, dive deep, and swim far, so you shall come back with new self-respect, with new power, and with an advanced experience that shall expl...
Outside, among your fellows, among strangers, you must perceive appearances, a hundred things you cannot do; but inside, the terrible freedom!
Leave this touching and clawing. Let him be to me a spirit. A message, a thought, a sincerity, a glance from him, I want, but not news nor pottage. I can get politics, and chat, and neighborly conveni...
The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, not the kindly smile, nor the joy of companionship; it is the spiritual inspiration that comes to one when you discover that someone else believes...
The reward of a thing well done is having done it.
Whatever you do, you need courage. Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising that tempt you to believe your critics...
Peace cannot be achieved through violence, it can only be attained through understanding.
People disparage knowing and the intellectual life, and urge doing. I am content with knowing, if only I could know.
Don't be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment.
No great man ever complains of want of opportunity.
We see God face to face every hour, and know the savor of Nature.
It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.
We find delight in the beauty and happiness of children that makes the heart too big for the body.
Jesus Christ belonged to the true race of prophets. He saw with open eye the mystery of the soul. Drawn by its severe harmony, ravished with its beauty, he lived in it and had his being there. Alone i...
The intuition of the moral sentiment is an insight of the perfection of the laws of the soul. These laws execute themselves. They are out of time, out of space, and not subject to circumstance.
Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. The prize will not be sent to you. As to methods there may be a million and then some but the principles are few. The man who g...