Great Throughts Treasury

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Christian Friedrich D. Schubert

No one really understands the grief or joy of another.

Character | Grief | Joy |

Chaim Leib Shmuelevitz

Regardless of how much honor he receives, an honor-seeker will feel upset if even one person does not show him the honor and approval he demands. There will never be an amount of honor that will satisfy him. Physical desires have a saturation point, but the desire for honor is based on falsehood and illusion and is really nothing in itself.

Character | Desire | Falsehood | Honor | Illusion | Nothing | Will | Approval |

Lewis Schwellenbach, fully Lewis Baxter Schwellenbach

Every right has its responsibilities. Like the right itself, these responsibilities stem from no man-made law, but from the very nature of man and society. The security, progress and welfare of one group is measured finally in the security, progress and welfare of all mankind.

Character | Man | Mankind | Nature | Progress | Right | Security |

Christopher A. Smart

The one and only serious mistake is to be afraid of making mistakes.

Character | Mistake | Afraid |

Lord Samuel, Herbert Louis Samuel, First Viscount Samuel

It takes two to make a marriage a success and only one a failure.

Character | Failure | Marriage | Success |

James Schouler

Reason is the triumph of the intellect, faith of the heart; and whether the one or the other shall best illumine the dark mysteries of our being, they only are to be despaired of who care not to explore.

Care | Character | Faith | Heart | Reason | Wisdom |

Binyamin Yehoshua Silver

Never stop seeking to increase the number of friends you have. Conversely, even one enemy is too many.

Character | Enemy | Friends |

Evelyn Scott, also wrote under pseudonyms Ernest Souza and Elsie Dunn

To have one’s individuality completely ignored is being pushed quite out of life. Like being blown out as one blows out a candle.

Character | Individuality | Life | Life |

Binyamin Yehoshua Silver

How can you clarify if you do good deeds because they are right or merely to gain honor and approval? Ask yourself: “Would I do this if I were all alone and no one would ever find out about my good deed?”

Character | Deeds | Good | Honor | Right | Deeds |