All men in the abstract are just and good

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Make yourself necessary to somebody.

Make yourself necessary to somebody.

Peace cannot be achieved through violence, it can only be attained through understanding.

Peace cannot be achieved through violence, it can only be attained through understanding.

Some books leave us free and some books make us free.

Some books leave us free and some books make us free.

I am treating you as my friend, asking you to share my present minuses in...

I am treating you as my friend, asking you to share my present minuses in...

Enthusiasm is the mother of effort, and without it nothing great was ever achieved.

Enthusiasm is the mother of effort, and without it nothing great was ever achieved.

Self-sacrifice is the real miracle out of which all the reported miracles grow

Self-sacrifice is the real miracle out of which all the reported miracles grow

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.

Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air¦

Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air¦

All conservatives are such from personal defects. They have been effeminated by position or nature,...

All conservatives are such from personal defects. They have been effeminated by position or nature,...

So of cheerfulness, or a good temper, the more it is spent, the more it...

So of cheerfulness, or a good temper, the more it is spent, the more it...

None of us will ever accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to...

None of us will ever accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to...

Great men are they who see that spiritual is stronger than any material force -...

Great men are they who see that spiritual is stronger than any material force -...

The health of the eye seems to demand a horizon. We are never tired, so...

The health of the eye seems to demand a horizon. We are never tired, so...

I awoke with devout thanksgiving for my friends.

I awoke with devout thanksgiving for my friends.

Every man I meet is in some way my superior.

Every man I meet is in some way my superior.

I hate quotation. Tell me what you know.

I hate quotation. Tell me what you know.

All history is a record of the power of minorities, and of minorities of one

All history is a record of the power of minorities, and of minorities of one

There are books which take rank in your life with parents and lovers and passionate...

There are books which take rank in your life with parents and lovers and passionate...

It is one of the ironies of the ministry that the very man who works...

It is one of the ironies of the ministry that the very man who works...

My first strong musical memory is of the Villa-Lobos Sixth Quartet which my parents were...

My first strong musical memory is of the Villa-Lobos Sixth Quartet which my parents were...