All nature is the temple; earth the altar. Alphonse de Lamartine More Quotes by Alphonse de Lamartine More Quotes From Alphonse de Lamartine There is no man more complete than the one who travelled a lot, who changed the shape of his thoughts and his life twenty times. Alphonse de Lamartine change life travel If one had but a single glance to give the world, one should gaze on Istanbul. Alphonse de Lamartine istanbul cities travel Sometimes, only one person is missing, and the whole world seems depopulated. Alphonse de Lamartine farewell missing love We cannot have two hearts, one for the animals and one for men. In cruelty towards the former and cruelty to the latter there is no difference but in the victim. Alphonse de Lamartine heart animal men To love for the sake of being loved is human, but to love for the sake of loving is angelic. Alphonse de Lamartine spiritual inspirational love Brutality to an animal is cruelty to mankind - it is only the difference in the victim. Alphonse de Lamartine differences brutality animal If greatness of purpose, smallness of means, and astonishing results are the three criteria of a human genius, who could dare compare any great man in history with Muhammad? Alphonse de Lamartine greatness men mean The more I see of the representatives of the people, the more I admire my dogs. Alphonse de Lamartine dog funny people Friendship, sweet-resting place of the soul, the gloaming wherein our hearts find peace. Alphonse de Lamartine heart sweet friendship Kindness is virtue itself. Alphonse de Lamartine virtue kindness A conscience without God is like a court without a judge. Alphonse de Lamartine court judging god Love is the enchanted dawn of every heart. Alphonse de Lamartine dawn heart love Grief knits two hearts in closer bonds than happiness ever can; and common sufferings are far stronger links than common joys. Alphonse de Lamartine pain sympathy death Modesty and dew love the shade. Alphonse de Lamartine dew shade retirement Inspiration is solitary, never consecutive. Alphonse de Lamartine consecutive solitary inspiration Music is the literature of the heart; it commences where speech ends. Alphonse de Lamartine music literature art Let us savour the swift delights of the most beautiful of our days! Alphonse de Lamartine delight one-day beautiful If greatness of purpose, smallness of means, and astonishing results are the three criteria of a human genius, who could dare compare any great man in history with Muhammad? The most famous men created arms, laws, and empires only. They founded, if anything at all, no more than material powers which often crumbled away before their eyes. This man moved not only armies, legislations, empires, peoples, dynasties, but millions of men in one-third of the then inhabited world; and more than that, he moved the altars, the gods, the religions, the ideas, the beliefs and the souls. Alphonse de Lamartine army eye mean Limited in his nature, infinite in his desires, man is a fallen god who remembers the heavens. Alphonse de Lamartine nature men heaven There is a woman at the begining of all great things. Alphonse de Lamartine emo-love great-things love
