More Quotes by Henri-Frédéric Blanc
Conquering any difficulty always gives one a secret joy, for it means pushing back a boundary-line and adding to one's liberty.
Learn to... be what you are, and learn to resign with a good grace all that you are not.
Every man is a priest, even involuntarily; his conduct is an unspoken sermon, which is forever preaching to others.
The great artist and thinker are the simplifiers.
You desire to know the art of living, my friend? It is contained in one phrase: make use of suffering.
To know how to suggest is the art of teaching.
The test of every religious, political, or educational system is the man that it forms.
In health there is freedom. Health is the first of all liberties.
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.
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.