An empire is an immense egotism.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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The value of a principle is the number of things it will explain.

The value of a principle is the number of things it will explain.

These times of ours are serious and full of calamity, but all times are essentially...

These times of ours are serious and full of calamity, but all times are essentially...

Even miracles take a little time

Even miracles take a little time

Hitch your wagon to a star.

Hitch your wagon to a star.

To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else...

To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else...

The greatest homage we can pay to truth is to use it.

The greatest homage we can pay to truth is to use it.

The value of a dollar is social, as it is created by society.

The value of a dollar is social, as it is created by society.

Manners require time, and nothing is more vulgar than haste.

Manners require time, and nothing is more vulgar than haste.

In skating over thin ice, our safety is in our speed.

In skating over thin ice, our safety is in our speed.

As soon as there is life, there is danger

As soon as there is life, there is danger

Give no bounties: make equal laws: secure life and prosperity and you need not give...

Give no bounties: make equal laws: secure life and prosperity and you need not give...

Good manners are made up of petty sacrifices

Good manners are made up of petty sacrifices

Judge of your natural character by what you do in your dreams.

Judge of your natural character by what you do in your dreams.

Insist on yourself; never imitate. Your own gift you can present every moment with the...

Insist on yourself; never imitate. Your own gift you can present every moment with the...

People only see what they are prepared to see.

People only see what they are prepared to see.

All our progress is an unfolding, like the vegetable bud, you have first an instinct,...

All our progress is an unfolding, like the vegetable bud, you have first an instinct,...

Life is a progress, and not a station.

Life is a progress, and not a station.

Be silly. Be honest. Be kind.

Be silly. Be honest. Be kind.

I tax not you, you elements, with unkindness

I tax not you, you elements, with unkindness

Christianity is strange. It bids man recognise that he is vile, even abominable, and bids...

Christianity is strange. It bids man recognise that he is vile, even abominable, and bids...