A great man is always willing to be little.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Life is a train of moods like a string of beads; and as we pass...

Life is a train of moods like a string of beads; and as we pass...

No change of circumstances can repair a defect of character.

No change of circumstances can repair a defect of character.

We are always getting ready to live but never living.

We are always getting ready to live but never living.

Nature hates calculators.

Nature hates calculators.

All diseases run into one, old age.

All diseases run into one, old age.

If the single man plant himself indomitably on his instincts, and there abide, the huge...

If the single man plant himself indomitably on his instincts, and there abide, the huge...

The world is all gates, all opportunities, strings of tension waiting to be struck.

The world is all gates, all opportunities, strings of tension waiting to be struck.

All diseases run into one, old age.

All diseases run into one, old age.

Every wall is a door.

Every wall is a door.

Great geniuses have the shortest biographies

Great geniuses have the shortest biographies

Fear always springs from ignorance

Fear always springs from ignorance

The years teach much which the days never know.

The years teach much which the days never know.

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

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

Unhappy is the man whom man can make unhappy

Unhappy is the man whom man can make unhappy

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...

Bad times have a scientific value. These are occasions a good learner would not miss.

Bad times have a scientific value. These are occasions a good learner would not miss.

Men are what their mothers made them

Men are what their mothers made them

Win as if you were used to it, lose as if you enjoyed it for...

Win as if you were used to it, lose as if you enjoyed it for...

It is my desire, in the office of a Christian minister, to do nothing which...

It is my desire, in the office of a Christian minister, to do nothing which...

The fox has many tricks. The hedgehog has but one. But that is the best...

The fox has many tricks. The hedgehog has but one. But that is the best...