A great man is always willing to be little.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen.

Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen.

Public opinion, I am sorry to say, will bear a great deal of nonsense. There...

Public opinion, I am sorry to say, will bear a great deal of nonsense. There...

Cause and effect are two sides of one fact.

Cause and effect are two sides of one fact.

So much of our time is preparation, so much is routine, and so much retrospect,...

So much of our time is preparation, so much is routine, and so much retrospect,...

By necessity, by proclivity, and by delight, we all quote.

By necessity, by proclivity, and by delight, we all quote.

Power and speed be hands and feet.

Power and speed be hands and feet.

The best part of health is fine disposition

The best part of health is fine disposition

Self-reliance is its aversion. It loves not realities and creators, but names and customs.

Self-reliance is its aversion. It loves not realities and creators, but names and customs.

Music takes us out of the actual and whispers to us dim secrets that startle...

Music takes us out of the actual and whispers to us dim secrets that startle...

Skill to do comes of doing

Skill to do comes of doing

A great man is always willing to be little.

A great man is always willing to be little.

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.

A man cannot speak but he judges himself

A man cannot speak but he judges himself

The torpid artist seeks inspiration at any cost, by virtue or by vice, by friend...

The torpid artist seeks inspiration at any cost, by virtue or by vice, by friend...

It is said that the world is in a state of bankruptcy, that the world...

It is said that the world is in a state of bankruptcy, that the world...

People disparage knowing and the intellectual life, and urge doing. I am content with knowing,...

People disparage knowing and the intellectual life, and urge doing. I am content with knowing,...

'Tis pedantry to estimate nations by the census, or by square miles of land, or...

'Tis pedantry to estimate nations by the census, or by square miles of land, or...

Man is a piece of the universe made alive

Man is a piece of the universe made alive

Anybody can be good in the country

Anybody can be good in the country

We should expect the best and the worst of mankind, as from the weather.

We should expect the best and the worst of mankind, as from the weather.