Everything in Nature contains all the powers of Nature. Everything is made of one hidden stuff.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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It was high counsel that I once heard given to a young person, 'always do...

It was high counsel that I once heard given to a young person, 'always do...

You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will...

You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will...

Great geniuses have the shortest biographies.

Great geniuses have the shortest biographies.

Talent finds its models, methods, and ends in society, exists for exhibition, and goes to...

Talent finds its models, methods, and ends in society, exists for exhibition, and goes to...

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

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

Win as if you were used to it, lose as if you enjoyed it for...

Win as if you were used to it, lose as if you enjoyed it for...

In the matter of religion, people eagerly fasten their eyes on the difference between their...

In the matter of religion, people eagerly fasten their eyes on the difference between their...

A friend is one before whom I may think aloud.

A friend is one before whom I may think aloud.

Give all to love; obey thy heart.

Give all to love; obey thy heart.

Cause and effect are two sides of one fact.

Cause and effect are two sides of one fact.

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

All are needed by each one; Nothing is fair or good alone

All are needed by each one; Nothing is fair or good alone

All mankind love a lover.

All mankind love a lover.

I would have the studies elective. Scholarship is to be created not by compulsion, but...

I would have the studies elective. Scholarship is to be created not by compulsion, but...

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

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...

That man is idle who can do something better

That man is idle who can do something better

Skepticism? Yes, but a saint is a skeptic once in twenty-four hours.

Skepticism? Yes, but a saint is a skeptic once in twenty-four hours.

Charms strike the sight; but merit wins the soul.

Charms strike the sight; but merit wins the soul.

He who lives on hope will die fasting.

He who lives on hope will die fasting.