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[U]sefulness is happiness, and... all other things are but incidental.


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The eye of genius has always a plaintive expression, and its natural language is pathos.



An effort made for the happiness of others lifts above ourselves.

An effort made for the happiness of others lifts above ourselves.



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Misfortune is never mournful to the soul that accepts it; for such do always see that every cloud is an angel's face.



Every human being has, like Socrates, an attendant spirit; and wise are they who obey its signals. If it does not always tell us what to do, it always cautions us what not to do.

Every human being has, like Socrates, an attendant spirit; and wise are they who obey its signals. If it does not always tell us what to do, it always cautions us what not to do.



Make people happy and there will not be half the quarreling, or a tenth part of the wickedness there now is.

Make people happy and there will not be half the quarreling, or a tenth part of the wickedness there now is.



Over the river and through the wood, To grandfather's house we go; The horse knows the way To carry the sleigh, Through the white and drifted snow.

Over the river and through the wood, To grandfather's house we go; The horse knows the way To carry the sleigh, Through the white and drifted snow.



Love is the divine quality that everywhere produces and restores life. To each and every one of us, it gives the power of working miracles if we will.

Love is the divine quality that everywhere produces and restores life. To each and every one of us, it gives the power of working miracles if we will.



We first crush people to the earth, and then claim the right of trampling on them forever, because they are prostrate.

We first crush people to the earth, and then claim the right of trampling on them forever, because they are prostrate.



The cure for all the ills and wrongs, the cares, the sorrows, and the crimes of humanity, all lie in the one word 'love'. It is the divine vitality that everywhere produces and restores life.

The cure for all the ills and wrongs, the cares, the sorrows, and the crimes of humanity, all lie in the one word 'love'. It is the divine vitality that everywhere produces and restores life.





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