Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Nature always wears the colors of the spirit.

Nature always wears the colors of the spirit.

Thought is action in rehearsal

Thought is action in rehearsal

Knowledge is knowing that we cannot know.

Knowledge is knowing that we cannot know.

The art of getting rich consists not in industry, much less in saving, but in...

The art of getting rich consists not in industry, much less in saving, but in...

As long as a man stands in his own way, everything seems to be in...

As long as a man stands in his own way, everything seems to be in...

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...

Coolness and absence of heat and haste indicate fine qualities

Coolness and absence of heat and haste indicate fine qualities

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

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

So much of our time is preparation, so much is routine, and so much retrospect,...

So much of our time is preparation, so much is routine, and so much retrospect,...

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...

Whenever you are sincerely pleased you are nourished.

Whenever you are sincerely pleased you are nourished.

Culture, with us, ends in headache

Culture, with us, ends in headache

The solar system has no anxiety about its reputation

The solar system has no anxiety about its reputation

Fear defeats more people than any other one thing in the world.

Fear defeats more people than any other one thing in the world.

All life is an experiment.

All life is an experiment.

The years teach much which the days never know.

The years teach much which the days never know.

Every artist was first an amateur.

Every artist was first an amateur.

Genius always finds itself a century too early.

Genius always finds itself a century too early.

There is creative reading as well as creative writing.

There is creative reading as well as creative writing.

If you would lift me up you must be on higher ground.

If you would lift me up you must be on higher ground.