Character is higher than intellect. A great soul will be strong to live as well as think.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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A man is related to all nature.

A man is related to all nature.

Though love repine, and reason chafe, There came a voice without reply, - 'Tis man's...

Though love repine, and reason chafe, There came a voice without reply, - 'Tis man's...

All history is a record of the power of minorities, and of minorities of one

All history is a record of the power of minorities, and of minorities of one

Good bye, proud world! I'm going home; Thou art not my friend, and I'm not...

Good bye, proud world! I'm going home; Thou art not my friend, and I'm not...

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.

Hitch your wagon to a star.

Hitch your wagon to a star.

To be great is to be misunderstood.

To be great is to be misunderstood.

Every man alone is sincere. At the entrance of a second person, hypocrisy begins.

Every man alone is sincere. At the entrance of a second person, hypocrisy begins.

Be true to your own act and congratulate yourself if you have done something strange...

Be true to your own act and congratulate yourself if you have done something strange...

Conversation is an art in which a man has all mankind for competitors.

Conversation is an art in which a man has all mankind for competitors.

Nature is trying very hard to make us succeed, but nature does not depend on...

Nature is trying very hard to make us succeed, but nature does not depend on...

Books are for nothing but to inspire

Books are for nothing but to inspire

The health of the eye seems to demand a horizon. We are never tired, so...

The health of the eye seems to demand a horizon. We are never tired, so...

If we encounter a man of rare intellect, we should ask him what books he...

If we encounter a man of rare intellect, we should ask him what books he...

The power of love, as the basis of a State, has never been tried.

The power of love, as the basis of a State, has never been tried.

Always do what you are afraid to do.

Always do what you are afraid to do.

The solar system has no anxiety about its reputation

The solar system has no anxiety about its reputation

There can be no high civility without a deep morality

There can be no high civility without a deep morality

Our civilization lacks humane feeling. We are humans who are insufficiently humane! We must realize...

Our civilization lacks humane feeling. We are humans who are insufficiently humane! We must realize...

A culture is made -- or destroyed -- by its articulate voices.

A culture is made -- or destroyed -- by its articulate voices.

Morality is the custom of one's country and the current feeling of one's peers

Morality is the custom of one's country and the current feeling of one's peers