Can anything be so elegant as to have few wants, and to serve them one's self?

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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As the traveler who has lost his way, throws his reins on his horse's neck,...

As the traveler who has lost his way, throws his reins on his horse's neck,...

Do not go where the path may lead; go instead where there is no path...

Do not go where the path may lead; go instead where there is no path...

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

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

We gain the strength of the temptation we resist.

We gain the strength of the temptation we resist.

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.

Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with...

Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with...

People do not seem to realize that their opinion of the world is also a...

People do not seem to realize that their opinion of the world is also a...

If eyes were made for seeing, then beauty is its own excuse for being

If eyes were made for seeing, then beauty is its own excuse for being

Born for success he seemed, With grace to win, with heart to hold, With shining...

Born for success he seemed, With grace to win, with heart to hold, With shining...

Every actual State is corrupt. Good men must not obey laws too well.

Every actual State is corrupt. Good men must not obey laws too well.

There is then creative reading as well as creative writing

There is then creative reading as well as creative writing

A fly is as untamable as a hyena.

A fly is as untamable as a hyena.

Thought is action in rehearsal

Thought is action in rehearsal

Commerce is of trivial import; love, faith, truth of character, the aspiration of man, these...

Commerce is of trivial import; love, faith, truth of character, the aspiration of man, these...

Men love to wonder, and that is the seed of science.

Men love to wonder, and that is the seed of science.

Nature is too thin a screen; the glory of the omnipresent God bursts through everywhere

Nature is too thin a screen; the glory of the omnipresent God bursts through everywhere

Death comes to all, but great achievements build a monument which shall endure until the...

Death comes to all, but great achievements build a monument which shall endure until the...

The real and lasting victories are those of peace, and not of war.

The real and lasting victories are those of peace, and not of war.

Every natural fact is a symbol of some spiritual fact.

Every natural fact is a symbol of some spiritual fact.

To be great is to be misunderstood.

To be great is to be misunderstood.