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The real Zen of the old Chinese masters was wu-shih, or "no fuss."
The longing for Europe has been all but extinguished in the young.
Art not only imitates nature, but also completes its deficiencies.
The proof that you know something is that you are able to teach it
Nature of man is not what he was born as, but what he is born for.
Courage is the first virtue that makes all other virtues possible.
The ideal man is his own best friend and takes delight in privacy.
Martyrdom is the only way a man can become famous without ability.
Pride works from within; it is the direct appreciation of oneself.
That whose existence is necessary must necessarily be one essence.
What everyone wants from life is continuous and genuine happiness.
Minds are not conquered by force, but by love and high-mindedness.
There is no fear without some hope, and no hope without some fear.
How much good it would do if one could exterminate the human race.
We love our habits more than our income, often more than our life.
Music is part of us, and either ennobles or degrades our behavior.
The fault no child ever loses is the one he was most punished for.
He who knows all the answers has not been asked all the questions.
Without knowing the force of words, it is impossible to know more.
Knowing what's correct and not doing it, it's the worst cowardice.
The tongue must be heavy indeed, because so few people can hold it
We should not be too familiar with the lower orders or with women.
A gentleman would be ashamed should his deeds not match his words.
The gentleman desires to be halting in speech but quick in action.
The greatest gift you can give someone is the gift of inspiration.
The courage to be is the most difficult thing for any human being.
I'm practicing the discipline of not having to have the last word.
The Great Commission is still the mission statement of the Church.
The great end of all human industry is the attainment of happiness
There is only a finger's difference between a wise man and a fool.
The nation doesn't simply need what we have. It needs what we are.
You can never get enough of what you don't need to make you happy.
Take away hatred from some people, and you have men without faith.
A man is likely to mind his own business when it is worth minding.
Eclecticism - every truth is so true that any truth must be false.
All governments are, to a certain extent, a treaty with the Devil.
The poetic image is a sudden salience on the surface of the psyche
The valor that struggles is better than the weakness that endures.
Whatever is reasonable is true, and whatever is true is reasonable
The real people of genius were resolute workers not idle dreamers.
Literature is at once the cause and the effect of social progress.
A soul is but the last bubble of a long fermentation in the world.
Since barbarism has its pleasures it naturally has its apologists.
Skepticism, like chastity, should not be relinquished too readily.
Repetition is the only form of permanence that Nature can achieve.
Man has an inexhuastible faculty for lying, especially to himself.
The primary use of conversation is to satisfy the impulse to talk.
There's no need to fear or hope, but only to look for new weapons.
Under conditions of tyranny it is far easier to act than to think.
If man was what he ought to be, he would be adored by the animals.