Be a little careful about your library. Do you foresee what you will do with it? Very little to be sure. But the real question is, What it will do with you? You will come here and get books that…

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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People with great gifts are easy to find, but symmetrical and balanced ones never.

People with great gifts are easy to find, but symmetrical and balanced ones never.

Astronomy to the selfish becomes astrology.

Astronomy to the selfish becomes astrology.

The years teach much which the days never knew.

The years teach much which the days never knew.

Beauty is the pilot of the young soul.

Beauty is the pilot of the young soul.

Thoughts come into our minds by avenues which we never left open, and thoughts go...

Thoughts come into our minds by avenues which we never left open, and thoughts go...

It is said that the world is in a state of bankruptcy, that the world...

It is said that the world is in a state of bankruptcy, that the world...

He who is not everyday conquering some fear has not learned the secret of life.

He who is not everyday conquering some fear has not learned the secret of life.

Poverty, Frost, Famine, Rain, Disease, are the beadles and guardsmen that hold us to Common...

Poverty, Frost, Famine, Rain, Disease, are the beadles and guardsmen that hold us to Common...

For everything you have missed, you have gained something else, and for everything you gain,...

For everything you have missed, you have gained something else, and for everything you gain,...

It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be...

It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be...

I would have the studies elective. Scholarship is to be created not by compulsion, but...

I would have the studies elective. Scholarship is to be created not by compulsion, but...

The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.

The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.

Men are what their mothers made them

Men are what their mothers made them

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.

Always do what you are afraid to do.

Always do what you are afraid to do.

A true friend is somebody who can make us do what we can.

A true friend is somebody who can make us do what we can.

A man is a method, a progressive arrangement; a selecting principle, gathering his like to...

A man is a method, a progressive arrangement; a selecting principle, gathering his like to...

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

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

Death, old captain, it is time, let us raise anchor!

Death, old captain, it is time, let us raise anchor!

Maybe this is why so many serial killers work in pairs. It's nice not to...

Maybe this is why so many serial killers work in pairs. It's nice not to...