For purposes of action nothing is more useful than narrowness of thought combined with energy of will.

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Self-interest is but the survival of the animal in us. Humanity only begins for man with self-surrender.

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Sacrifice still exists everywhere, and everywhere the elect of each generation suffers for the salvation of the rest.

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To do easily what is difficult for others is the mark of talent. To do what is impossible for talent is the mark of genius.

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Common sense is the measure of the possible; it is composed of experience and prevision; it is calculation applied to life.

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He who asks of life nothing but the improvement of his own nature... is less liable than anyone else to miss and waste life.

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Action and faith enslave thought, both of them in order not be troubled or inconvenienced by reflection, criticism, and doubt.

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Let us be true: this is the highest maxim of art and of life, the secret of eloquence and of virtue, and of all moral authority.

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In every loving woman there is a priestess of the past - a pious guardian of some affection, of which the object has disappeared.

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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.

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