More Quotes by Henri-Frédéric Blanc
Life is short and we have never too much time for gladdening the hearts of those who are travelling the dark journey with us. Oh be swift to love, make haste to be kind.
Civilization is first of all a moral thing. Without truth, respect for duty, love of neighbor, and virtue, everything is destroyed. The morality of a society is alone the basis of civilization.
What we do not understand we have no right to judge
Thankfulness is the beginning of gratitude. Gratitude is the completion of thankfulness. Thankfulness may consist merely of words. Gratitude is shown in acts.
Every man is a priest, even involuntarily; his conduct is an unspoken sermon, which is forever preaching to others.
There is no respect for others without humility in one's self.
There is only one way of not hating those who do us wrong, and that is by doing them good.
At bottom, everything depends upon the presence or absence of one single element in the soul
Learn to... be what you are, and learn to resign with a good grace all that you are not.
The test of every religious, political, or educational system is the man that it forms.
