More Quotes by Henri-Frédéric Blanc
Destiny has two ways of crushing us - by refusing our wishes and by fulfilling them.
There is no respect for others without humility in one's self.
Doing easily what others find difficult is talent; doing what is impossible for talent is genius.
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.
Pay bad people with your goodness; fight their hatred with your kindness. Even if you do not achieve a victory over other people, you will conquer yourself.
Thankfulness is the beginning of gratitude. Gratitude is the completion of thankfulness. Thankfulness may consist merely of words. Gratitude is shown in acts.
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.
You desire to know the art of living, my friend? It is contained in one phrase: make use of suffering.
Every man is a priest, even involuntarily; his conduct is an unspoken sermon, which is forever preaching to others.
The test of every religious, political, or educational system is the man that it forms.
