"Sow an act, and you reap a habit. Sow a habit and you reap a character. Sow a character, and you reap a destiny."
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"Abject misery alone does not produce revolutions; more often than not, it produces an aimless demoralization, or worse, a private, personalized struggle to survive."
"The divine element manifests itself in man as well by his aptitude for science, than by his aptitude for virtue. True morality, true philosophy and true art are in their essence religious."
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