A lost battle is a battle one thinks one has lost.
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The ideals which have lighted my way, and time after time have given me new courage to face life cheerfully, have been Kindness, Beauty, and Truth. The trite subjects of human efforts, possessions, outward success, luxury have always seemed to me contemptible.
It is forbidden to decry other sects; the true believer gives honour to whatever in them is worthy of honour.
A good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever.
Books are hindrances to persisting stupidity.
Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.
The best effect of any book is that it excites the reader to self-activity.
The man who prefers his country before any other duty shows the same spirit as the man who surrenders every right to the state. They both deny that right is superior to authority.