Every natural fact is a symbol of some spiritual fact.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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The end of the human race will be that it will eventually die of civilization.

The end of the human race will be that it will eventually die of civilization.

The civilized man has built a coach, but has lost the use of his feet.

The civilized man has built a coach, but has lost the use of his feet.

Our chief want in life is somebody who shall make us do what we can.

Our chief want in life is somebody who shall make us do what we can.

Mysticism is the mistake of an accidental and individual symbol for an universal one.

Mysticism is the mistake of an accidental and individual symbol for an universal one.

Nature and Books belong to the eyes that see them.

Nature and Books belong to the eyes that see them.

Speak less. Say more. whaywardj

Speak less. Say more. whaywardj

Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never...

Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never...

Nature and Books belong to the eyes that see them.

Nature and Books belong to the eyes that see them.

Great hearts steadily send forth the secret forces that incessantly draw great events.

Great hearts steadily send forth the secret forces that incessantly draw great events.

I hate the giving of the hand unless the whole man accompanies it.

I hate the giving of the hand unless the whole man accompanies it.

The world is all gates, all opportunities, strings of tension waiting to be struck.

The world is all gates, all opportunities, strings of tension waiting to be struck.

The solar system has no anxiety about its reputation

The solar system has no anxiety about its reputation

Every book is a quotation; and every house is a quotation out of all forests...

Every book is a quotation; and every house is a quotation out of all forests...

Earth laughs in flowers.

Earth laughs in flowers.

We are too civil to books. For a few golden sentences we will turn over...

We are too civil to books. For a few golden sentences we will turn over...

Proverbs, like the sacred books of each nation, are the sanctuary of the intuitions.

Proverbs, like the sacred books of each nation, are the sanctuary of the intuitions.

There is no knowledge that is not power

There is no knowledge that is not power

Every sentence spoken by Napoleon, and every line of his writing, deserves reading, as it...

Every sentence spoken by Napoleon, and every line of his writing, deserves reading, as it...

There is creative reading as well as creative writing.

There is creative reading as well as creative writing.

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

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