Truth is not only violated by falsehood; it may be equally outraged by silence.

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Every man is a priest, even involuntarily; his conduct is an unspoken sermon, which is forever preaching to others.

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The great artist and thinker are the simplifiers.

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

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

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

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There is only one way of not hating those who do us wrong, and that is by doing them good.

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The test of every religious, political, or educational system is the man that it forms.

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

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