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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We all boil at different degrees

We all boil at different degrees

The mind does not create what it perceives, any more than the eye creates the...

The mind does not create what it perceives, any more than the eye creates the...

Concentration is the secret of strengths in politics, in war, in trade, in short in...

Concentration is the secret of strengths in politics, in war, in trade, in short in...

Do what you are afraid to do

Do what you are afraid to do

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

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

It is hard to go beyond your public. If they are satisfied with cheap performance,...

It is hard to go beyond your public. If they are satisfied with cheap performance,...

The less government we have the better.

The less government we have the better.

By necessity, by proclivity, and by delight, we all quote.

By necessity, by proclivity, and by delight, we all quote.

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...

To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires courage

To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires courage

Tis the good reader that makes the good book.

Tis the good reader that makes the good book.

A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes...

A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes...

What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have never been discovered.

What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have never been discovered.

The revelation of thought takes men out of servitude into freedom.

The revelation of thought takes men out of servitude into freedom.

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.

A man in debt is so far a slave.

A man in debt is so far a slave.

Every man in his lifetime needs to thank his faults.

Every man in his lifetime needs to thank his faults.

The man who can make hard things easy is the educator

The man who can make hard things easy is the educator

The whole concept of 'grounding' children is utterly stupid - they just go off and...

The whole concept of 'grounding' children is utterly stupid - they just go off and...

Those who trust us educate us.

Those who trust us educate us.