All our progress is an unfolding, like the vegetable bud, you have first an instinct, then an opinion, then a knowledge, as the plant has root, bud and fruit. Trust the instinct to the end, though you can render no…

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Every natural fact is a symbol of some spiritual fact.

Every natural fact is a symbol of some spiritual fact.

I like the silent church before the service begins, better than any preaching.

I like the silent church before the service begins, better than any preaching.

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...

Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you.

Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you.

Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect.

Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect.

Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with...

Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with...

The only reward of virtue is virtue; the only way to have a friend is...

The only reward of virtue is virtue; the only way to have a friend is...

Each man takes care that his neighbor shall not cheat him. But a day comes...

Each man takes care that his neighbor shall not cheat him. But a day comes...

The quality of the imagination is to flow and not to freeze

The quality of the imagination is to flow and not to freeze

A man's growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends.

A man's growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends.

Every actual State is corrupt. Good men must not obey laws too well.

Every actual State is corrupt. Good men must not obey laws too well.

People that seem so glorious are all show; underneath they are like everyone else.

People that seem so glorious are all show; underneath they are like everyone else.

In skating over thin ice, our safety is in our speed.

In skating over thin ice, our safety is in our speed.

No change of circumstances can repair a defect of character.

No change of circumstances can repair a defect of character.

What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what...

What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what...

Nobody can bring you peace but yourself.

Nobody can bring you peace but yourself.

A little integrity is better than any career

A little integrity is better than any career

The ornament of a house is the friends who frequent it.

The ornament of a house is the friends who frequent it.

Faithful are the wounds of a friend.

Faithful are the wounds of a friend.

Remember, we all stumble, every one of us. That's why it's a comfort to go...

Remember, we all stumble, every one of us. That's why it's a comfort to go...

Home is where you hang your head

Home is where you hang your head

You have to count on living every single day in a way you believe will...

You have to count on living every single day in a way you believe will...

Holiness, Faith and Religion can never be institutionalized because they are the individual property of...

Holiness, Faith and Religion can never be institutionalized because they are the individual property of...