You desire to know the art of living, my friend? It is contained in one phrase: make use of suffering.
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The man who insists on seeing with perfect clearness before he decides, never decides.
The man who insists on seeing with perfect clearness before he decides, never decides.
Hope is only the love of life.
Hope is only the love of life.
For purposes of action nothing is more useful than narrowness of thought combined with energy of will.
For purposes of action nothing is more useful than narrowness of thought combined with energy of will.
Charm is the quality in others that makes us more satisfied with ourselves.
Charm is the quality in others that makes us more satisfied with ourselves.
An error is the more dangerous the more truth it contains.
An error is the more dangerous the more truth it contains.
All appears to change when we change.
All appears to change when we change.
…happiness gives us the energy which is the basis of health.
…happiness gives us the energy which is the basis of health.
Women wish to be loved not because they are pretty, or good, or well-bred, or graceful, or intelligent, but because they are themselves.
"Women wish to be loved not because they are pretty, or good, or well-bred, or graceful, or intelligent, but because they are themselves." – Henri Frederic Amiel