Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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A chief event of life is the day in which we have encountered a mind...

A chief event of life is the day in which we have encountered a mind...

The wave of evil washes all our institutions alike.

The wave of evil washes all our institutions alike.

All life is an experiment.

All life is an experiment.

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...

Every wall is a door.

Every wall is a door.

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

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

You cannot do wrong without suffering wrong

You cannot do wrong without suffering wrong

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...

We are a puny and fickle folk. Avarice, hesitation, and following are our diseases.

We are a puny and fickle folk. Avarice, hesitation, and following are our diseases.

Next to the originator of a good sentence is the first quoter of it.

Next to the originator of a good sentence is the first quoter of it.

Every spirit makes its house, and we can give a shrewd guess from the house...

Every spirit makes its house, and we can give a shrewd guess from the house...

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...

There is a certain satisfaction in coming down to the lowest ground of politics, for...

There is a certain satisfaction in coming down to the lowest ground of politics, for...

America is another name for opportunity.

America is another name for opportunity.

Finish every day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some...

Finish every day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some...

Money, which represents the prose of life, and which is hardly spoken of in parlors...

Money, which represents the prose of life, and which is hardly spoken of in parlors...

Every sentence spoken by Napoleon, and every line of his writing, deserves reading, as it...

Every sentence spoken by Napoleon, and every line of his writing, deserves reading, as it...

A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers...

A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers...

A man is the whole encyclopedia of facts.

A man is the whole encyclopedia of facts.

The real and lasting victories are those of peace, and not of war.

The real and lasting victories are those of peace, and not of war.