Frederick William Robertson: Brethren, happiness is not our being's end and aim. The Christian's aim is perfection, not happiness; and every one of t

Brethren, happiness is not our being's end and aim. The Christian's aim is perfe — Frederick William Robertson

Brethren, happiness is not our being's end and aim. The Christian's aim is perfection, not happiness; and every one of the sons of God must have something of that spirit which marked his Master.

Frederick William Robertson

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As long as I have a want, I have a reason for living. Satisfaction is death . — George Bernard Shaw
Happiness depends upon ourselves. — Aristotle
Un homme heureux est trop content du présent pour trop se soucier de l'avenir. — Albert Einstein
Des Menschen Wille, das ist sein Glück. — The will of a man is his happiness. Friedrich Schiller
Self-reliance, the height and perfection of man, is reliance on God. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
No form of Nature is inferior to Art; for the arts merely imitate natural forms. — Marcus Aurelius
"I'm sorry that I spell'd the word; I hate to go above you, Because"—the brown e — John Greenleaf Whittier
Il n’y a de gouvernement raisonnable et assuré que l’aristocratique. Monarchie o — Charles Baudelaire
There are no perfectly honorable men; but every true man has one main point of h — George Bernard Shaw
They had best not stir the rice, though it sticks to the pot. — Miguel de Cervantes
...dum loquimur, fugerit invida aetas: carpe diem, quam minimum credula postero. — As we speak cruel time is fleeing. Seize the day
Que l'avenir soit un orient au lieu d'être un couchant, c'est la consolation de — Victor Hugo