I can find my biography in every fable that I read

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Enthusiasm is the mother of effort, and without it nothing great was ever achieved.

Enthusiasm is the mother of effort, and without it nothing great was ever achieved.

The power of love, as the basis of a State, has never been tried.

The power of love, as the basis of a State, has never been tried.

One must be an inventor to read well. There is then creative reading as well...

One must be an inventor to read well. There is then creative reading as well...

Religion is to do right. It is to love, it is to serve, it is...

Religion is to do right. It is to love, it is to serve, it is...

Love of beauty is Taste. The creation of beauty is Art.

Love of beauty is Taste. The creation of beauty is Art.

Knowledge is knowing that we cannot know.

Knowledge is knowing that we cannot know.

I am; therefore, I had nothing better to do than to think.

I am; therefore, I had nothing better to do than to think.

Great men are they who see that spiritual is stronger than material force, that thoughts...

Great men are they who see that spiritual is stronger than material force, that thoughts...

None shall rule but the humble, And none but Toil shall have

None shall rule but the humble, And none but Toil shall have

A true friend is somebody who can make us do what we can.

A true friend is somebody who can make us do what we can.

I do then with my friends as I do with my books. I would have...

I do then with my friends as I do with my books. I would have...

We do not live an equal life, but one of contrasts and patchwork; now a...

We do not live an equal life, but one of contrasts and patchwork; now a...

If eyes were made for seeing, then beauty is its own excuse for being

If eyes were made for seeing, then beauty is its own excuse for being

There can be no high civility without a deep morality

There can be no high civility without a deep morality

Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes.

Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes.

Speech is power: speech is to persuade, to convert, to compel. It is to bring...

Speech is power: speech is to persuade, to convert, to compel. It is to bring...

Books are the best of things, well used; abused, among the worst. What is the...

Books are the best of things, well used; abused, among the worst. What is the...

Nature is an endless combination and repetition of a very few laws. She hums the...

Nature is an endless combination and repetition of a very few laws. She hums the...

In the arts of life, man invents nothing; but in the arts of death he...

In the arts of life, man invents nothing; but in the arts of death he...

It is good to realize that if love and peace can prevail on earth, and...

It is good to realize that if love and peace can prevail on earth, and...