The only substance properly so called is the soul.
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We are never more discontented with others than when we are discontented with ourselves.
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A man must be able to cut a knot, for everything cannot be untied he must know how to disengage what is essential from the detail in which it is enwrapped, for everything cannot be equally considered in a word, he must be able to simplify his duties, his business and his life.
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True humility is contentment.
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Materialism coarsens and petrifies everything, making everything vulgar, and every truth false.
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For purposes of action nothing is more useful than narrowness of thought combined with energy of will.
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