We gain the strength of the temptation we resist.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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A friend might well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.

A friend might well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.

Nature is a mutable cloud which is always and never the same.

Nature is a mutable cloud which is always and never the same.

Thought is the blossom; language the bud; action the fruit behind it

Thought is the blossom; language the bud; action the fruit behind it

A good intention clothes itself with power

A good intention clothes itself with power

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...

Write it on your heart that every day is the best day of the year.

Write it on your heart that every day is the best day of the year.

For every benefit you receive a tax is levied.

For every benefit you receive a tax is levied.

A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes...

A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes...

Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.

Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.

We see God face to face every hour, and know the savor of Nature.

We see God face to face every hour, and know the savor of Nature.

What we seek we shall find; what we flee from flees from us.

What we seek we shall find; what we flee from flees from us.

Life is short, but there is always time enough for courtesy.

Life is short, but there is always time enough for courtesy.

Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with...

Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with...

Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.

Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.

All I have seen teaches me to trust the creator for all I have not...

All I have seen teaches me to trust the creator for all I have not...

Never self-possessed, or prudent, love is all abandonment.

Never self-possessed, or prudent, love is all abandonment.

Happy is the house that shelters a friend

Happy is the house that shelters a friend

Every man is a consumer, and ought to be a producer. He is by constitution...

Every man is a consumer, and ought to be a producer. He is by constitution...

No man ever prayed heartily without learning something.

No man ever prayed heartily without learning something.

The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.

The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.