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

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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A man is a God in ruins.

A man is a God in ruins.

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...

People disparage knowing and the intellectual life, and urge doing. I am content with knowing,...

People disparage knowing and the intellectual life, and urge doing. I am content with knowing,...

The high prize of life, the crowning fortune of man, is to be born with...

The high prize of life, the crowning fortune of man, is to be born with...

Nature is an endless combination and repetition of a very few laws. She hums the...

Nature is an endless combination and repetition of a very few laws. She hums the...

Things are in the saddle, And ride mankind

Things are in the saddle, And ride mankind

Books are the best of things, well used; abused, among the worst. What is the...

Books are the best of things, well used; abused, among the worst. What is the...

Love and you shall be loved. All love is mathematically just, as much as the...

Love and you shall be loved. All love is mathematically just, as much as the...

This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what...

This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what...

Men achieve a certain greatness unawares, when working to another aim.

Men achieve a certain greatness unawares, when working to another aim.

This gives force to the strong -- that the multitude have no habit of self-reliance...

This gives force to the strong -- that the multitude have no habit of self-reliance...

The highest revelation is that God is in every man.

The highest revelation is that God is in every man.

Cause and effect are two sides of one fact.

Cause and effect are two sides of one fact.

The colleges, while they provide us with libraries, furnish no professors of books; and I...

The colleges, while they provide us with libraries, furnish no professors of books; and I...

Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything beautiful, for beauty is God's handwriting.

Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything beautiful, for beauty is God's handwriting.

Nature and Books belong to the eyes that see them.

Nature and Books belong to the eyes that see them.

Books are for nothing but to inspire

Books are for nothing but to inspire

To be great is to be misunderstood.

To be great is to be misunderstood.

People only see what they are prepared to see.

People only see what they are prepared to see.

Earth laughs in flowers.

Earth laughs in flowers.