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Culture of the mind must be subservient to the heart
I must have a prodigious quantity of mind; it takes me as much as a week sometimes to make it up
Every great mind seeks to labor for eternity. All men are captivated by immediate advantages; great minds alone are excited by the prospect of distant good
A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world
The human mind has first to construct forms, independently, before we can find them in things
The diseases of the mind are more and more destructive than those of the body
It is a proof of great talents to recall the mind from the senses, and to separate thought from habit
In a disordered mind, as in a disordered body, soundness of health is impossible
It is the mind that makes the man, and our vigour is in our immortal soul
The mind alone can not be exiled
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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