Great Throughts Treasury

This site is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Alan William Smolowe who gave birth to the creation of this database.

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Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Liberty is not to be found in any form of government, she is in the heart of the free man, he bears her with him everywhere.

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Character | Government | Heart | Liberty | Man |

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Albert Schweitzer

Happiness! That's nothing more than good health and a poor memory.

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Character | Good | Health | Memory | Nothing |

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William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim, fully Field Marshal Sir William Joseph "Bill" Slim

When you cannot make up your mind which of two evenly balanced courses of action you should take - choose the bolder.

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Action | Character | Mind |

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Shantananda Saraswathi, fully Swami Shantananda Saraswathi, born Chandrashekar

Freedom is spiritual. Divinity is the expression of integrity... Mind cannot find fun anywhere but God.

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Character | Divinity | Freedom | Fun | God | Integrity | Mind |

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William Secker

He enjoys much who is thankful for little; a grateful mind is both a great and happy mind.

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Character | Happy | Little | Mind |

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Sholem Aleichem, pen name of Sholem Yakovf Rabinowitz or Solomon Naumovich Rabinovich

When the heart is full, the eyes overflow.

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Character | Heart | Wisdom |

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Lydia Sigourney, fully Lydia Huntley Sigourney, née Lydia Howard Huntley

Self-control is promoted by humility. Pride is a fruitful source of uneasiness. It keeps the mind in disquiet. Humility is the antidote to this evil.

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Character | Control | Evil | Humility | Mind | Pride | Self | Self-control |

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O. Carl Simonton

The more I can love everything - the trees, the land, the water, my fellow men, women, and children, and myself - the more health I am going to experience and the more of my real self I am going to be.

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Character | Children | Experience | Health | Land | Love | Men | Self | Wisdom |

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William Scott, 1st Baron Stowell

It is wonderful what strength of purpose and boldness and energy of will are roused by the assurance that we are doing our duty.

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Boldness | Character | Duty | Energy | Purpose | Purpose | Strength | Will |

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Logan Pearsall Smith

An improper mind is a perpetual feast.

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Character | Mind |

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Albert Schweitzer

All the kindness which a man puts out into the world works on the heart and thoughts of mankind, but we are so foolishly indifferent that we are never in earnest in the matter of kindness. We want to topple a great load over, and yet will not avail ourselves of a lever which would multiply our power a hundredfold.

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Character | Heart | Kindness | Man | Mankind | Power | Will | World |

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Samuel Smiles

Although genius always commands admiration, character most secures respect. The former is more the product of the brain, the latter of heart-power; and in the long run it is the heart that rules in life.

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Admiration | Character | Genius | Heart | Life | Life | Power | Respect |

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Charles Simmons

When the heart is won, the understanding is easily convinced.

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Character | Heart | Understanding |

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