“There is only one thing in the world that is really valuable, it is to do good.” Quote by African Spir
“It goes without saying that only inner greatness possess a true value ("une valeur véritable,", Fr.) . Any attempt to rise up (or at rising up, - "s'élever", Fr.) outwardly above others, or to want (or wish) to impose one's superiority, denote a lack of moral greatness, since we do not try to replace ("suppléer", Fr.) in that way (.... in French "par là", Fr.) to what, if we did really possess it, would have no need whatsoever to flaunt itself.” IfsWayWantNeedsTryingValuesWishMoralGreatnessRisingWhat IfSuperiorityLeversTrue ValueRising Up Author:African Spir
“Only a moral education based on free inner discipline can bring to bear a salutary action and lead to a true morality.” ActionMoralBearsDisciplineMoralityMoral Education Author:African Spir
“See that unfortunate soldier who is falling hurt to death ("tombe blessé à...", Fr.) on the battlefield; he learns that his folks have vanquished and dies happy. He detached himself from himself (s'est détacher de lui-même", Fr.), has identified himself with something greater and more lasting than himself; his homeland ("patrie", Fr.); thus, while dying as an individual, he has the certainty to survive in a larger existence.” DiesFallIndividualHurtExistenceGreaterDyingSoldierFolksCertaintyLastingBlessUnfortunateHomelandBattlefieldsDetached Author:African Spir
“Up to here, in general, we have mainly stuffed the brain of the young people with a indigestible multitude of varios notions, without thinking about enough of the prime necessity to form their character.” PeopleThinkingEnoughCharacterFormYoungBrainNotionPrimeMultitudes Author:African Spir
“Every lord's mansion stands on the foundation of your bones, soldier, every field has been saturated with your sweat, and you, peasant, even if you worked your arms down to the stub, if you won a hundred battles, and faithfully gave the last drop of your blood for your country, you would always be a slave. There is no land for you, no heaven, no shelter, not even a doghouse where you could rest your poor head. You are the last before God and before people, the last one.” PeopleIfsHas BeensCountryLastsHeavenPoorLordBloodLandFieldsArmsBattleHundredFoundationSlaveSoldierBonesSweatShelterPeasantsMansionsBe A SlaveSaturated Author:Wladyslaw Stanislaw Reymont
“Everything must go its own way. One has to plow in order to sow, one has to sow in order to harvest, and what is disturbing has to be weeded out, like a bad weed.” WayOrderWeedHarvestDisturbingEverything Must Go Author:Wladyslaw Stanislaw Reymont
“I was intoxicated by the romantic poetry of our great writers. I arranged the world according to my private use, looking at it through the poems I had devoured.” WorldUseGreat WritersIntoxicatedRomantic Poetry Author:Wladyslaw Stanislaw Reymont
“It is only our exactions of life that are terrible. It is only our impossible conceptions of beauty and good and justice that are terrible--because they never are realized, and at the same time they prevent us taking life as it is. That is the real source of all our sorrow and suffering.” RealSufferingJusticeImpossibleSourceTerribleSorrowConception Author:Wladyslaw Stanislaw Reymont
“I mean, I never liked being told what to do. It's one of the reasons I dropped out of school.” MeanReasonSchoolIkea Author:Dave Grohl
“Our duty is to rise in the bright daylight, openly, beating the drums. The cause for which we are ready to give our necks does not fear the light, and to attack the enemy by guile would not suit it. A Pole has always despised ambushes, and God forbid that he should change. We shall not fail to have enough strength to defeat our enemies if we do not fail to have the spirit of sacrifice and love.” IfsGivingShouldDoeEnoughLightSpiritCausesEnemyFailingSacrificeReadyDutyAnd LoveDefeatSuitsNecksDaylightDespisedGuileLove And Sacrifice Author:Wladyslaw Stanislaw Reymont