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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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Learn to... be what you are, and learn to resign with a good grace all that you are not.
The great artist and thinker are the simplifiers.
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.
You desire to know the art of living, my friend? It is contained in one phrase: make use of suffering.
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.
Every man is a priest, even involuntarily; his conduct is an unspoken sermon, which is forever preaching to others.
Doing easily what others find difficult is talent; doing what is impossible for talent is genius.
Thankfulness is the beginning of gratitude. Gratitude is the completion of thankfulness. Thankfulness may consist merely of words. Gratitude is shown in acts.
Conquering any difficulty always gives one a secret joy, for it means pushing back a boundary-line and adding to one's liberty.
The test of every religious, political, or educational system is the man that it forms.