The mystery of existence is the connection between our faults and our misfortunes.
MADAME DE STAELA religious life is a struggle and not a hymn.
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A religious life is a struggle and not a hymn.
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Scientific progress makes moral progress a necessity; for if man’s power is increased.
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To be totally understanding makes one very indulgent.
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The checks that restrain him from abusing it must be strengthened.
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Sow good services: sweet remembrances will grow from them.
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Genius is essentially creative; it bears the stamp of the individual who possesses it.
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Wit consists in knowing the resemblance of things that differ, and the difference of things that are alike.
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In matters of the heart, nothing is true except the improbable.
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One must choose in life between boredom and suffering.
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Innocence in genius, and candor in power, are both noble qualities.
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The human mind always makes progress, but it is a progress in spirals.
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Wit lies in recognizing the resemblance among things which differ and the difference between things which are alike.
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Love is a symbol of eternity. It wipes out all sense of time, destroying all memory of a beginning and all fear of an end.
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Prayer is more than meditation. In meditation, the source of strength is one’s self.
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We cease loving ourselves if no one loves us.
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