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The soul of man is immortal and imperishable.

The wise only possess ideas; the greater part of mankind are possessed by them.

Time ripens all things; no man is born wise.

To live in the presence of great truths and eternal laws, to be led by permanent ideals that is what keeps a man patient when the world ignores him, and calm and unspoiled when the world praises him.

Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the sitter.

Hold faithfulness and sincerity as first principles.

Beauty is unbearable, drives us to despair, offers us for a minute the glimpse of an eternity that we should like to stretch out over the whole of time.

Everything has its beauty, but not everyone sees it.

Hatred does not cease in this world by hating, but by not hating; this is an eternal truth.

He with whom neither slander that gradually soaks into the mind, nor statements that startle like a wound in the flesh, are successful may be called intelligent indeed.

Adversity is the first path to truth.

There is a difference between being convinced and being stubborn. I’m not certain what the difference is, but I do know that if you butt your head against a stone wall long enough, at some point you realize the wall is stone and that your head is flesh and blood.

There is a difference between being convinced and being stubborn. I’m not certain what the difference is, but I do know that if you butt your head against a stone wall long enough, at some point you realize the wall is stone and that your head is flesh and blood.

In the face of an obstacle which is impossible to overcome, stubbornness is stupid.

Every artist was first an amateur.

Every artist was first an amateur.

We must all suffer one of two things: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret or disappointment.

Genius means little more than the faculty of perceiving in an unhabitual way.

Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.

Character is higher than intellect. A great soul will be strong to live, as well as strong to think.

Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.

The wisest is he that knows only that he knows nothing.

Language is the armory of the human mind, and at once contains the trophies of its past and the weapons of its future conquests.

Wealth is not a matter of intelligence it’s a matter of inspiration.