Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my life: the longing for love, the search for knowledge, and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind.
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The man who pursues happiness wisely will aim at the possession of a number of subsidiary interests in addition to those central ones upon which his life is built.
To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness.
Those who forget good and evil and seek only to know the facts are more likely to achieve good than those who view the world through the distorting medium of their own desires.
When the intensity of emotional conviction subsides, a man who is in the habit of reasoning will search for logical grounds in favor of the belief which he finds in himself.
Do not feel certain of anything.
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No one can draw more out of things, books included, than he already knows. A man has no ears for that to which experience has given him no access.
To furnish the means of acquiring knowledge is the greatest benefit that can be conferred upon mankind. It prolongs life itself and enlarges the sphere of human existence.
No power and no treasure can outweigh the extension of our knowledge.
Nothing leads so straight to futility as literary ambitions without systematic knowledge.
Opinion is the medium between knowledge and ignorance.
A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle.
I keep six honest serving men (they taught me all I knew); Their names are What and Why and When And How and Where and Who.
The most crucial use of knowledge and education is to understand the importance of developing a good heart.
Love has no other desire but to fulfill itself.
And God said love your enemy and I obeyed him and loved myself.
When we practice loving kindness and compassion we are the first ones to profit.
Truth is so obscure in these times, and falsehood so established that, unless we love the truth, we cannot know it.
The longer I live, the more deeply l learn that love - whether we call it friendship or family or romance is the work of mirroring and magnifying each other's light.
To have and to hold from this day forward, for better for worse, for richer for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish, till death do us part.
Master of human destinies am I! Fame, love, and fortune on my footsteps wait.
Only people who are capable of loving strongly can also suffer great sorrow, but this same necessity of loving serves to counteract their grief and heals them.
Think lovingly, speak lovingly, act lovingly, and every need shall be supplied.
They fear love because it creates a world they can't control.
I define love thus: The will to extend one's self for the purpose of nurturing one's own or another's spiritual growth.
Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them. You will find that they haven't half the strength you think they have.
