That is why the analogy of stealing does not work. With a thief we want to know how much money he stole and from whom. With the artist it is not how much he took and from whom but what he did with it.
Love in its essence is spiritual fire.
If you wished to be loved love.
While we are postponing life speeds by.
As long as you live keep learning how to live.
The first step in a person's salvation is knowledge of their sin.
We are more often frightened than hurt and we suffer more from imagination...
I never come back home with the same moral character I went out with...
Health is the soul that animates all the enjoyments of life which fade and...
The wish for healing has always been half of health.
The heart is great which shows moderation in the midst of prosperity.
It makes a great deal of difference whether one wills not to sin or has not...
He who has great power should use it lightly.
Great grief does not of itself put an end to itself.
Precepts or maxims are of great weight and a few useful ones on hand do more...
It is the sign of a great mind to dislike greatness and to prefer things in...
A great mind becomes a great fortune.
There is no great genius without some touch of madness.
The bravest sight in the world is to see a great man struggling against...
A great fortune is a great slavery.
It is another's fault if he be ungrateful but it is mine if I do not give....
There is as much greatness of mind in acknowledging a good turn as in doing...
He that does good to another does good also to himself.
The less we deserve good fortune the more we hope for it.
The bad fortune of the good turns their faces up to heaven the good fortune...
