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One may as well dam for water tanks the people's cathedrals and churches, for no holier temple has ever been read more
One may as well dam for water tanks the people's cathedrals and churches, for no holier temple has ever been consecrated by the heart of man.
Only the heart without a stain knows perfect ease.
[Ger., Ganz unbefleckt geniesst sich nur das Herz.]
Only the heart without a stain knows perfect ease.
[Ger., Ganz unbefleckt geniesst sich nur das Herz.]
You change your life by changing your heart.
You change your life by changing your heart.
The heart is the only broken instrument that works.
The heart is the only broken instrument that works.
You cannot contribute anything to the ideal condition of mind and heart known as Brotherhood, however much you preach, posture, read more
You cannot contribute anything to the ideal condition of mind and heart known as Brotherhood, however much you preach, posture, or agree, unless you live it.
What is straight? A line can be straight, or a street, but the human heart, oh, no, it's curved like read more
What is straight? A line can be straight, or a street, but the human heart, oh, no, it's curved like a road through mountains.
A woman's flattery may inflate a man's head a little; but her criticism goes straight to his heart, and contracts read more
A woman's flattery may inflate a man's head a little; but her criticism goes straight to his heart, and contracts it so that it can never again hold quite as much love for her
Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself. And no heart has ever suffered read more
Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself. And no heart has ever suffered when it goes in search of its dream.
The heart asks pleasure first,
And then, excuse from pain;
And then, those little anodynes
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The heart asks pleasure first,
And then, excuse from pain;
And then, those little anodynes
That deaden suffering;
And then, to go to sleep;
And then, if it should be
The will of its Inquisitor,
The liberty to die.
