Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Go often to the house of thy friend, for weeds choke the unused path.

Go often to the house of thy friend, for weeds choke the unused path.

The wise man in the storm prays God, not for safety from danger, but for...

The wise man in the storm prays God, not for safety from danger, but for...

As the Sandwich-Islander believes that the strength and valor of the enemy he kills passes...

As the Sandwich-Islander believes that the strength and valor of the enemy he kills passes...

Astronomy to the selfish becomes astrology.

Astronomy to the selfish becomes astrology.

We are symbols, and inhabit symbols.

We are symbols, and inhabit symbols.

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

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

I like the silence of a church, before the service begins better than any preaching.

I like the silence of a church, before the service begins better than any preaching.

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...

Ideas must work through the brains and the arms of good and brave, or they...

Ideas must work through the brains and the arms of good and brave, or they...

No one can cheat you out of ultimate success but yourself.

No one can cheat you out of ultimate success but yourself.

England, an old and exhausted island, must one day be contented, like other parents, to...

England, an old and exhausted island, must one day be contented, like other parents, to...

Necessity does everything well.

Necessity does everything well.

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

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

As long as a man stands in his own way, everything seems to be in...

As long as a man stands in his own way, everything seems to be in...

Always do what you are afraid to do.

Always do what you are afraid to do.

Men are what their mothers made them

Men are what their mothers made them

Fear not, then, thou child infirm; There's no god dare wrong a worm

Fear not, then, thou child infirm; There's no god dare wrong a worm

Men cease to interest us when we find their limitations

Men cease to interest us when we find their limitations

There is no limit to what a man can do so long as he does...

There is no limit to what a man can do so long as he does...

If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.

If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.