Life is short and we have never too much time for gladdening the hearts of those who are travelling the dark journey with us. Oh be swift to love, make haste to be kind.

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Civilization is first of all a moral thing. Without truth, respect for duty, love of neighbor, and virtue, everything is destroyed. The morality of a society is alone the basis of civilization.

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There is no respect for others without humility in one's self.

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To know how to suggest is the art of teaching.

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Thankfulness is the beginning of gratitude. Gratitude is the completion of thankfulness. Thankfulness may consist merely of words. Gratitude is shown in acts.

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Destiny has two ways of crushing us - by refusing our wishes and by fulfilling them.

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Conquering any difficulty always gives one a secret joy, for it means pushing back a boundary-line and adding to one's liberty.

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Doing easily what others find difficult is talent; doing what is impossible for talent is genius.

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At bottom, everything depends upon the presence or absence of one single element in the soul

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The great artist and thinker are the simplifiers.

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