Without seeking to comprehend the incomprehensible, he gazed upon it. He did not study God; he was dazzled by Him.
So your desire is to do nothing? Well, you shall not have a week, a day, an hour, free from oppression. You shall not be able to lift anything without agony. Every passing minute will make your muscle...
See Monsieur Geborand, buying a pennyworth of paradise.
Noise does not waken a drunkard; silence wakens him.
Never, even among animals, does the creature born to be a dove change into an osprey. That is only seen among men.
My greatness does not extend to this shelf.
Let's not bring flame where light is enough.
Happiness wishes everybody happy.
Good night! Good night!Far flies the light;But still God's loveShall shine above,
Although this detail has no connection whatever with the real substance of what we are about to relate, it will not be superfluous, if merely for the sake of exactness in all points, to mention here t...
Emergencies have always been necessary to progress. It was darkness which produced the lamp. It was fog that produced the compass. It was hunger that drove us to exploration. And it took a depression...
Jesus wept Voltaire smiled. From that divine tear and from that human smile is derived the grace of present civilization.
Intelligence is the wife, imagination is the mistress, memory is the servant.
A faith is a necessity to a man. Woe to him who believes in nothing.
Certain thoughts are prayers. There are moments when, whatever be the attitude of the body, the soul is on its knees.
After philosophy, action is required;
Sin is a gravitation.
People overwhelmed with trouble do not look behind; they know only too well that misfortune follows them.
It is only barbarous nations who have a sudden growth after a victory
In the chaos of sentiments and passions which defend a barricade, there is something of everything; there is bravery, youth, honor, enthusiasm, the ideal, conviction, the eager fury of the gamester, a...