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

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered.

What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered.

Our chief want in life is somebody who shall make us do what we can.

Our chief want in life is somebody who shall make us do what we can.

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.

A man is what he thinks about all day long.

A man is what he thinks about all day long.

Speech is power: speech is to persuade, to convert, to compel. It is to bring...

Speech is power: speech is to persuade, to convert, to compel. It is to bring...

Life wastes itself while we are preparing to live.

Life wastes itself while we are preparing to live.

Skepticism? Yes, but a saint is a skeptic once in twenty-four hours.

Skepticism? Yes, but a saint is a skeptic once in twenty-four hours.

Don't be pushed by your problems. Be led by your dreams.

Don't be pushed by your problems. Be led by your dreams.

You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will...

You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will...

Friendship, like the immortality of the soul, is too good to be believed.

Friendship, like the immortality of the soul, is too good to be believed.

What you are comes to you.

What you are comes to you.

A good intention clothes itself with power

A good intention clothes itself with power

I have thought a sufficient measure of civilization is the influence of good women.

I have thought a sufficient measure of civilization is the influence of good women.

Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we...

Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we...

Do the thing you fear, and the death of fear is certain

Do the thing you fear, and the death of fear is certain

Happy is the house that shelters a friend

Happy is the house that shelters a friend

Between stimulus and response is our greatest power - the freedom to choose

Between stimulus and response is our greatest power - the freedom to choose

Curiosity is lying in wait for every secret.

Curiosity is lying in wait for every secret.

It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education.

It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education.

Sometimes the curiosity can kill the soul but leave the pain.

Sometimes the curiosity can kill the soul but leave the pain.