Every mind must make its choice between truth and repose. It cannot have both.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Truth Quotes

For everything you have missed, you have gained something else, and for everything you gain,...

For everything you have missed, you have gained something else, and for everything you gain,...

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.

For everything you have missed, you have gained something else, and for everything you gain,...

For everything you have missed, you have gained something else, and for everything you gain,...

To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else...

To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else...

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,...

Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.

Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.

Guard well your spare moments. They are like uncut diamonds. Discard them and their value...

Guard well your spare moments. They are like uncut diamonds. Discard them and their value...

To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires courage

To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires courage

When it is darkest, men see the stars.

When it is darkest, men see the stars.

We must be our own before we can be another's.

We must be our own before we can be another's.

Art is a jealous mistress, and if a man has a genius for painting, poetry,...

Art is a jealous mistress, and if a man has a genius for painting, poetry,...

Half a man's wisdom goes with his courage

Half a man's wisdom goes with his courage

Truth is the property of no individual but is the treasure of all men.

Truth is the property of no individual but is the treasure of all men.

...truth is handsomer than the affectation of love. Your goodness must have some edge to...

...truth is handsomer than the affectation of love. Your goodness must have some edge to...

Nature and Books belong to the eyes that see them.

Nature and Books belong to the eyes that see them.

Give a boy address and accomplishments and you give him the mastery of palaces and...

Give a boy address and accomplishments and you give him the mastery of palaces and...

The only true gift is a portion of yourself.

The only true gift is a portion of yourself.

I am; therefore, I had nothing better to do than to think.

I am; therefore, I had nothing better to do than to think.

Don't think, just do.

Don't think, just do.

Sometimes I wonder; how many other girls he is texting while he's texting me...

Sometimes I wonder; how many other girls he is texting while he's texting me...