All sensible people are selfish, and nature is tugging at every contract to make the terms of it fair.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Self Image Quotes

Time goes by fast, and people go in and out of your life so quickly,...

Time goes by fast, and people go in and out of your life so quickly,...

Getting old is a fascination thing. The older you get, the older you want to...

Getting old is a fascination thing. The older you get, the older you want to...

My evening visitors, if they cannot see the clock, should find the time in my...

My evening visitors, if they cannot see the clock, should find the time in my...

Every man passes his life in the search after friendship.

Every man passes his life in the search after friendship.

America is another name for opportunity.

America is another name for opportunity.

Judge of your natural character by what you do in your dreams.

Judge of your natural character by what you do in your dreams.

What we seek we shall find; what we flee from flees from us.

What we seek we shall find; what we flee from flees from us.

Consider what you have in the smallest chosen library: a company of the wisest and...

Consider what you have in the smallest chosen library: a company of the wisest and...

We are wiser than we know.

We are wiser than we know.

The best effort of a fine person is felt after we have left their presence.

The best effort of a fine person is felt after we have left their presence.

Enthusiasm is the leaping lightning, not to be measured by the horse-power of the understanding.

Enthusiasm is the leaping lightning, not to be measured by the horse-power of the understanding.

A man is a God in ruins

A man is a God in ruins

We are always getting ready to live but never living.

We are always getting ready to live but never living.

We change, whether we like it or not

We change, whether we like it or not

Can anything be so elegant as to have few wants, and to serve them one's...

Can anything be so elegant as to have few wants, and to serve them one's...

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...

The moment we indulge our affections, the earth is metamorphosed, there is no winter and...

The moment we indulge our affections, the earth is metamorphosed, there is no winter and...

Some pursue happiness - others create it.

Some pursue happiness - others create it.

Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go

Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go

Deviation from nature is deviation from happiness

Deviation from nature is deviation from happiness