A low capacity for getting along with those near us often goes hand in hand with a high receptivity to the idea of the brotherhood of men.
Wisdom
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We can be absolutely certain only about things we do not understand.
Wisdom
To have a grievance is to have a purpose in life.
Life
There can be no real freedom without the freedom to fail.
Freedom
Glory is largely a theatrical concept. There is no striving for glory without a vivid awareness of an audience.
Wisdom
The search for happiness is one of the chief sources of unhappiness.
Happiness
When people are free to do as they please, they usually imitate each other.
Wisdom
It is easier to love humanity as a whole than to love one's neighbor.
Love
Even in slight things the experience of the new is rarely without some stirring of foreboding.
Wisdom
Our sense of power is more vivid when we break a man's spirit than when we win his heart.
Love
How much easier is self-sacrifice than self-realization!
Wisdom