Curiosity is lying in wait for every secret.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen.

Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen.

Manners require time, and nothing is more vulgar than haste.

Manners require time, and nothing is more vulgar than haste.

Society is always taken by surprise at any new example of common sense.

Society is always taken by surprise at any new example of common sense.

To be simple is to be great

To be simple is to be great

Science does not know its debt to imagination.

Science does not know its debt to imagination.

The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common.

The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common.

Wisdom has its root in goodness, not goodness its root in wisdom.

Wisdom has its root in goodness, not goodness its root in wisdom.

A woman's beauty is not a gift to man - only a bribe

A woman's beauty is not a gift to man - only a bribe

Nature is endeared by the wooded path, but offended where too many tread.

Nature is endeared by the wooded path, but offended where too many tread.

It is my desire, in the office of a Christian minister, to do nothing which...

It is my desire, in the office of a Christian minister, to do nothing which...

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

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

A friend is one before whom I may think aloud.

A friend is one before whom I may think aloud.

The greatest gift is a portion of thyself.

The greatest gift is a portion of thyself.

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.

The secret of education lies in respecting the pupil.

The secret of education lies in respecting the pupil.

Beauty without expression is boring.

Beauty without expression is boring.

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...

A man builds a fine house; and now he has a master, and a task...

A man builds a fine house; and now he has a master, and a task...

Our job in this lifetime is not to shape ourselves into some ideal we imagine...

Our job in this lifetime is not to shape ourselves into some ideal we imagine...

When I look back on all these worries, I remember the story of the old...

When I look back on all these worries, I remember the story of the old...