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However vast a man's spiritual resources, he is capable of but one great passion
Rest, rest, perturbed spirit!
It is my own firm belief that the strength of the soul grows in proportion as you subdue the flesh
I have also seen children successfully surmounting the effects of an evil inheritance. That is due to purity being an inherent attribute of the soul
Gravity is the ballast of the soul, which keeps the mind steady
What then do you call your soul? What idea have you of it? You cannot of yourselves, without revelation, admit the existence within you of anything but a power unknown to you of feeling and thinking
A beautiful soul has no other merit than its own existence
A solid and substantial greatness of soul looks down with neglect on the censures and applauses of the multitude
It is only to the individual that a soul is given
Why do you hasten to remove anything which hurts your eye, while if something affects your soul you postpone the cure until next year?
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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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