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Any landscape is a condition of the spirit
It is with narrow-souled people as with narrow-necked bottles; the less they have in them, the more noise they make in pouring out
There are too many souls of wood not to love those wooden characters who do indeed have a soul
Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish
The principal thing in this world is to keep one's soul aloft
Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul
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
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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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