More Quotes by Henri-Frédéric Blanc
At bottom, everything depends upon the presence or absence of one single element in the soul
Destiny has two ways of crushing us - by refusing our wishes and by fulfilling them.
He who is silent is forgotten; he who does not advance falls back; he who stops is overwhelmed; out distanced, crushed; he who ceases t grow becomes smaller; he who leaves off, gives up; the condition of standing still is the beginning of the end.
The great artist and thinker are the simplifiers.
Thankfulness is the beginning of gratitude. Gratitude is the completion of thankfulness. Thankfulness may consist merely of words. Gratitude is shown in acts.
You desire to know the art of living, my friend? It is contained in one phrase: make use of suffering.
Doing easily what others find difficult is talent; doing what is impossible for talent is genius.
In health there is freedom. Health is the first of all liberties.
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.
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.
