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Love is more pleasant than marriage for the same reason that novels are more amusing than history.
Why get married and make one woman miserable when I can stay single and make thousands miserable?
All our knowledge begins with the senses, proceeds then to the understanding, and ends with reason. There is nothing higher than reason.
Once stretched by a new idea, man's mind never returns to its original dimensions.
If you can read this, thank a teacher.
You have not converted a man because you have silenced him.
Relationships are like glass. Sometimes they are better left broken, than hurt yourself trying to put them back together.
I know that there are people in this world who do not love their fellow men, and I hate people like that.
Love is but the discovery of ourselves in others, and the delight in the recognition.
The man who follows the crowd will usually get no further than the crowd. The man who walks alone is likely to find himself in places no one has ever been.
I know that I'm not yet the person I can be, but I thank God I'm not the person I used to be.
If you find it in your heart to care for somebody else, you will have succeeded.
The best things in life aren't things.
Never look down on anybody unless you're helping him up.
The loss of a friend is like that of a limb; time may heal the anguish of the wound, but the loss cannot be repaired.
You will never find the strength inside of you, until you are put on a path that you would not have chosen yourself.
Marriage is the alliance of two people, one of whom never remembers birthdays and the other who never forgets.
...when one loves, one never lacks words.
Love is like an hourglass, with the heart filling up as the brain empties.
On the plains of hesitation bleach the bones of countless millions who, at the dawn of victory, sat down to rest, and resting, died.
If we deny love that is given to us, if we refuse to give love because we fear pain or loss, then our lives will be empty, our loss greater.
To love someone deeply gives you strength. Being loved by someone deeply gives you courage.
I still find each day too short for all the thoughts I want to think, all the walks I want to take, all the books I want to read, and all the friends I want to see.
Advice is like snow; the softer it falls, the longer it dwells upon, and the deeper it sinks into the mind.
Work joyfully and peacefully, knowing that right thoughts and right efforts will inevitably bring about right results.
Unless a man feels he has a good enough memory, he should never venture to lie (--- Michel Eyquem de Montaigne).
If you cry because the sun has gone out of your life, your tears will prevent you from seeing the stars.
Don't tell all your secrets to your friend, it's possible he may one day be your enemy. Don't exert all the evil in your power upon your enemy, it may be, one day, he will be your friend.
Every day brings a chance to live free of regret and with as much joy, fun, and laughter as you can stand (--- Oprah Winfrey).
It is probably not love that makes the world go around, but rather those mutually supportive alliances through which partners recognize their dependence on each other for the achievement of shared and private goals.
When one is trying to do something beyond his known powers it is useless to seek the approval of friends. Friends are at their best in moments of defeat.
Accept responsibility for your life. Know that it is you who will get you where you want to go, no one else.
Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate brings you together, but do so with all your heart.
Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own.
Dare to notice sometime the truth that happiness and hurriedness never run together and then slow down just long enough to ask yourself, 'What can I hope to win from life always being in a rush?'
Every man should use his intellect, not as he uses his lamp in the study, only for his own seeing, but as the lighthouse uses its lamps, that those afar off on the seas may see the shining, and learn their way.
Just look at the road, don't worry about where it's going.
When one door closes another door opens; but we so often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door, that we do not see the ones which open for us.
He who limps is still walking.
Most people repent their sins by thanking God they ain't so wicked as their neighbors.
The true test of character is not how much we know how to do, but how we behave when we don't know what to do.
If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other (--- Mother Teresa).
You've got to do your own growing, no matter how tall your grandfather was.
If it is not right do not do it; if it is not true do not say it.
If evil be spoken of you and it be true, correct yourself. If it be a lie, laugh at it.
People are made to be loved and things are made to be used. That's why there's so much chaos in the world, people are being used and things are being loved.
God is like a mirror. The mirror never changes, but everybody who looks at it sees something different.
Any weakness that you lament within yourself you gradually cement to yourself.
Be wiser than other people if you can; but do not tell them so.
Always leave enough time in your life to do something that makes you happy, satisfied, even joyous. That has more of an effect on economic well-being than any other single factor.
Keep your face always towards the sunshine, and the shadows will fall behind you.
Instead of a gem, or even a flower, cast the gift of a lovely thought... into the heart of a friend.
How long after you are gone will ripples remain as evidence that you were cast into the pool of life?
If you only strive for average you are lowering the average.
Life is about years that mean nothing and memories that mean it all.
Never close your lips to those to whom you have opened your heart.
It is no disgrace to start all over. It is usually an opportunity.
Keep in mind that neither success nor failure is ever final.
If you want your dreams to come true, don't oversleep.
To meet, to know and to part is the saddest tale of a human heart.
The brightest future will always be based on a forgotten past, you can't go on well in life until you let go of your past failures and heartaches.
For everytime you have been unjustly punished, there has been another time when you unjustly went unpunished.
The worst way to miss someone is to be sitting right beside them knowing you can't have them.
Whatever happens, happens for a reason.
What you possess in the world will be found at the day of your death to belong to someone else. But what you are will be yours forever.
It is not he who reviles or strikes you who insults you, but your opinion that these things are insulting.
I'd like to think that we never really lose the moments we had with someone - those moments are eternal in a way.
It is one thing to show a man that he is in error, and another to put him in possession of the truth.
Success comes in cans, failure in can'ts.
All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure.
Enjoy life. There's plenty of time to be dead.
If you don't fail now and again, it's a sign you're playing it safe.
Sometimes when things don't go right, we blame others. When, in fact it's us ourselves who should realize that.
The greatest test of courage on earth is to bear defeat without losing heart.
The happiness of your life depends on the quality of your thoughts.
Bad habits are like a comfortable bed, easy to get into, but hard to get out of.
To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.
The same boiling water hardens the egg and softens the carrot.
Today is the first day of the rest of your life.
He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill.
Love is missing someone whenever you're apart, but somehow feeling warm inside because you're close in heart.
You learn to like someone when you find out what makes them laugh, but you can never truly love someone until you find out what makes them cry.
Love is not blind - it sees more, not less. But because it sees more, it is willing to see less.
Love one another and you will be happy. It's as simple and as difficult as that.
There are obviously two educations. One should teach us how to make a living and the other how to live.
Here is the test to find whether your mission on earth is finished. If you're alive, it isn't.
No man can be happy without a friend, nor be sure of his friend until he is unhappy.
Letting go doesn't mean giving up, but rather accepting that there are things that cannot be.
We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done.
If we had no faults of our own, we would not take so much pleasure in noticing those of others.
Remember if people talk behind your back, it only means you're two steps ahead!.
Opportunity dances with those already on the dance floor.
Some people, no matter how old they get, never lose their beauty - they merely move it from their faces into their hearts.
Whatever happens, take responsibility.
A positive attitude will not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
If you take responsibility for yourself you will develop a hunger to accomplish your dreams.
Progress lies not in enhancing what is but in advancing toward what will be.
Wisdom is the power to put our time and our knowledge to proper use.
Whatever is worth doing, is worth doing well.
Living in the past is a dull and lonely business; looking back strains the neck muscles, causes you to bump into people not going your way.