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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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.

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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.

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In health there is freedom. Health is the first of all liberties.

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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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You desire to know the art of living, my friend? It is contained in one phrase: make use of suffering.

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Conquering any difficulty always gives one a secret joy, for it means pushing back a boundary-line and adding to one's liberty.

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

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To know how to suggest is the art of teaching.

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Learn to... be what you are, and learn to resign with a good grace all that you are not.

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