Antonin Sertillanges Born : November 16, 1863 Died : July 26, 1948 Browse All Authors Top 7 quotes by Antonin Sertillanges Friendship is an obstetric art; it draws out our richest and deepest resources; it unfolds the wings of our dreams and hidden indeterminate thoughts; it serves as a check on our judgements, tries out our new ideas, keeps up our ardor, and inflames our enthusiasm. Antonin Sertillanges dream ideas art We must beware of yielding to the pressure of a spirit of cowardly conformity which proclaims itself everybody's friend in the hope that everybody will obligingly return the compliment. Antonin Sertillanges return spirit pressure One finds one's way only by taking it. Antonin Sertillanges way The reward of a work is to have produced it; the reward of effort is to have grown by it. Antonin Sertillanges rewards effort It is a painful thing to say to oneself: by choosing one road I am turning my back on a thousand others. Everything is interesting; everything might be useful; everything attracts and charms a noble mind; but death is before us; mind and matter make their demands; willy-nilly we must submit and rest content as to things that time and wisdom deny us, with a glance of sympathy which is another act of our homage to the truth. Antonin Sertillanges choices mind interesting Very often, gleams of light come in a few minutes' sleeplessness, in a second Antonin Sertillanges light writing water Courage is sustained by calling up anew the vision of the goal. Antonin Sertillanges law-of-attraction goal positive
