Every natural fact is a symbol of some spiritual fact.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting a few drops on...

Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting a few drops on...

If the tongue had not been framed for articulation, man would still be a beast...

If the tongue had not been framed for articulation, man would still be a beast...

Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.

Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.

Never read any book that is not a year old

Never read any book that is not a year old

The secret of ugliness consists not in irregularity, but in being uninteresting.

The secret of ugliness consists not in irregularity, but in being uninteresting.

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

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

Culture is one thing and varnish is another.

Culture is one thing and varnish is another.

Fine manners need the support of fine manners in others.

Fine manners need the support of fine manners in others.

Give all to love; obey thy heart.

Give all to love; obey thy heart.

Speak less. Say more. whaywardj

Speak less. Say more. whaywardj

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

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

Evermore in the world is this marvelous balance of beauty and disgust, magnificence and rats

Evermore in the world is this marvelous balance of beauty and disgust, magnificence and rats

I do not hesitate to read all good books in translations. What is really best...

I do not hesitate to read all good books in translations. What is really best...

Judge of your natural character by what you do in your dreams.

Judge of your natural character by what you do in your dreams.

A great man is always willing to be little.

A great man is always willing to be little.

No change of circumstances can repair a defect of character.

No change of circumstances can repair a defect of character.

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

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

Most of the shadows of this life are caused by standing in one's own sunshine.

Most of the shadows of this life are caused by standing in one's own sunshine.

Yours is the energy that makes your world. There are no limitations to the self...

Yours is the energy that makes your world. There are no limitations to the self...

77% of girls think they're ugly. 50% of girls think they're fat. 100% of society...

77% of girls think they're ugly. 50% of girls think they're fat. 100% of society...