Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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No change of circumstances can repair a defect of character.

No change of circumstances can repair a defect of character.

Mysticism is the mistake of an accidental and individual symbol for an universal one.

Mysticism is the mistake of an accidental and individual symbol for an universal one.

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...

The manly part is to do with might and main what you can do

The manly part is to do with might and main what you can do

There is more difference in the quality of our pleasures than in the amount.

There is more difference in the quality of our pleasures than in the amount.

Meek young men grow up in libraries, believing it their duty to accept the views...

Meek young men grow up in libraries, believing it their duty to accept the views...

With the past, I have nothing to do; nor with the future. I live now.

With the past, I have nothing to do; nor with the future. I live now.

How much of human life is lost in waiting.

How much of human life is lost in waiting.

Character is higher than intellect. A great soul will be strong to live as well...

Character is higher than intellect. A great soul will be strong to live as well...

Nature is too thin a screen; the glory of the omnipresent God bursts through everywhere

Nature is too thin a screen; the glory of the omnipresent God bursts through everywhere

Democracy becomes a government of bullies tempered by editors.

Democracy becomes a government of bullies tempered by editors.

Do what you are afraid to do

Do what you are afraid to do

Noblesse oblige; or, superior advantages bind you to larger generosity

Noblesse oblige; or, superior advantages bind you to larger generosity

The revelation of thought takes men out of servitude into freedom.

The revelation of thought takes men out of servitude into freedom.

The ancestor of every action is a thought

The ancestor of every action is a thought

That man is idle who can do something better

That man is idle who can do something better

Nature is endeared by the wooded path, but offended where too many tread.

Nature is endeared by the wooded path, but offended where too many tread.

No facts to me are sacred; none are profane.

No facts to me are sacred; none are profane.

Any fact that needs to be disclosed should be put out now or as quickly...

Any fact that needs to be disclosed should be put out now or as quickly...

Facts which at first seem improbable will, even on scant explanation, drop the cloak which...

Facts which at first seem improbable will, even on scant explanation, drop the cloak which...