Books are the best of things if well used; if abused, among the worst. They are good for nothing but to inspire. I had better never see a book than be warped by its attraction clean out of my own…

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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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.

Every fact is related on one side to sensation, and, on the other, to morals....

Every fact is related on one side to sensation, and, on the other, to morals....

Do what we can, summer will have its flies.

Do what we can, summer will have its flies.

You cannot do wrong without suffering wrong

You cannot do wrong without suffering wrong

Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never...

Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never...

Cause and effect are two sides of one fact.

Cause and effect are two sides of one fact.

Fame is proof that people are gullible

Fame is proof that people are gullible

Then beauty is its own excuse for being.

Then beauty is its own excuse for being.

Love, and you shall be loved

Love, and you shall be loved

Every book is a quotation; and every house is a quotation out of all forests...

Every book is a quotation; and every house is a quotation out of all forests...

Genius always finds itself a century too early.

Genius always finds itself a century too early.

Do what you are afraid to do

Do what you are afraid to do

Mysticism is the mistake of an accidental and individual symbol for an universal one.

Mysticism is the mistake of an accidental and individual symbol for an universal one.

Art is a jealous mistress, and if a man has a genius for painting, poetry,...

Art is a jealous mistress, and if a man has a genius for painting, poetry,...

Self-reliance is its aversion. It loves not realities and creators, but names and customs.

Self-reliance is its aversion. It loves not realities and creators, but names and customs.

The youth, intoxicated with his admiration of a hero, fails to see, that it is...

The youth, intoxicated with his admiration of a hero, fails to see, that it is...

Most of the shadows of life are caused by standing in our own sunshine.

Most of the shadows of life are caused by standing in our own sunshine.

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...

What we think, we become.

What we think, we become.

High thoughts must have high language.

High thoughts must have high language.