Everything in creation has its appointed painter or poet and remains in bondage like the princess in the fairy tale 'til its appropriate liberator comes to set it free.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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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...

A man is a little thing while he works by and for himself; but when...

A man is a little thing while he works by and for himself; but when...

Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we...

Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we...

A man is a method, a progressive arrangement; a selecting principle, gathering his like to...

A man is a method, a progressive arrangement; a selecting principle, gathering his like to...

Conversation is an art in which a man has all mankind for his competitors, for...

Conversation is an art in which a man has all mankind for his competitors, for...

A creative economy is the fuel of magnificence

A creative economy is the fuel of magnificence

Imagination is not the talent of some men, but is the health of every man

Imagination is not the talent of some men, but is the health of every man

The ancestor of every action is a thought

The ancestor of every action is a thought

The hearing ear is always found close to the speaking tongue

The hearing ear is always found close to the speaking tongue

Do the thing we fear, and death of fear is certain.

Do the thing we fear, and death of fear is certain.

There are as many pillows of illusion as flakes in a snow-storm. We wake from...

There are as many pillows of illusion as flakes in a snow-storm. We wake from...

Reality is a sliding door.

Reality is a sliding door.

Fear defeats more people than any other one thing in the world.

Fear defeats more people than any other one thing in the world.

It is hard to go beyond your public. If they are satisfied with cheap performance,...

It is hard to go beyond your public. If they are satisfied with cheap performance,...

The stupidity of men always invites the insolence of power.

The stupidity of men always invites the insolence of power.

Every man I meet is in some way my superior.

Every man I meet is in some way my superior.

It is very unhappy, but too late to be helped, the discovery we have made,...

It is very unhappy, but too late to be helped, the discovery we have made,...

The beginning of knowledge is the discovery of something we do not understand.

The beginning of knowledge is the discovery of something we do not understand.

From error to error, one discovers the entire truth.

From error to error, one discovers the entire truth.

The progress of science is the discovery at each step of a new order which...

The progress of science is the discovery at each step of a new order which...