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“Music is harmony, harmony is perfection, perfection is our dream, and our dream is heaven.”
“Everything you need for better future and success has already been written. And guess what? All you have to do is go to the library.”
“Conquering any difficulty always gives one a secret joy, for it means pushing back a boundary-line and adding to one's liberty.”
“Society lives by faith, and develops by science.”
“Common sense is calculation applied to life.”
“The only substance properly so called is the soul.”
“Woman is the salvation or the destruction of the family. She carries its destiny in the folds of her mantle.”
“Doing easily what others find difficult is talent; doing what is impossible for talent is genius.”
“Destiny has two ways of crushing us - by refusing our wishes and by fulfilling them.”
“There is no respect for others without humility in one's self.”
“To shun one's cross is to make it heavier.”
“Uncertainty is the refuge of hope.”
“An error is the more dangerous in proportion to the degree of truth which it contains.”
“Cleverness is serviceable for everything, sufficient for nothing.”
“Tears are the symbol of the inability of the soul to restrain its emotion and retain its self command.”
“Action is coarsened thought; thought becomes concrete, obscure, and unconscious.”
“Charm is the quality in others, that makes us more satisfied with ourselves.”
“Without passion man is a mere latent force and possibility, like the flint which awaits the shock of the iron before it can give forth its spark.”
“Every life is a profession of faith, and exercises an inevitable and silent influence.”
“Tell me what you feel in your room when the full moon is shining in upon you and your lamp is dying out, and I will tell you how old you are, and I shall know if you are happy.”