Fear is the instructor of great sagacity, and the herald of all revolutions

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Self-reliance is its aversion. It loves not realities and creators, but names and customs.

Self-reliance is its aversion. It loves not realities and creators, but names and customs.

People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession...

People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession...

The hearing ear is always found close to the speaking tongue

The hearing ear is always found close to the speaking tongue

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.

Science does not know its debt to imagination.

Science does not know its debt to imagination.

So of cheerfulness, or a good temper, the more it is spent, the more it...

So of cheerfulness, or a good temper, the more it is spent, the more it...

Society is always taken by surprise at any new example of common sense.

Society is always taken by surprise at any new example of common sense.

When you strike at a king, you must kill him

When you strike at a king, you must kill him

The only reward of virtue is virtue; the only way to have a friend is...

The only reward of virtue is virtue; the only way to have a friend is...

The reason why the world lacks unity, and lies broken and in heaps, is, because...

The reason why the world lacks unity, and lies broken and in heaps, is, because...

Wherever there is power there is age.

Wherever there is power there is age.

The greatest gift is a portion of thyself.

The greatest gift is a portion of thyself.

We are always getting ready to live but never living.

We are always getting ready to live but never living.

The only true gift is a portion of yourself.

The only true gift is a portion of yourself.

Do not go where the path may lead; go instead where there is no path...

Do not go where the path may lead; go instead where there is no path...

I awoke this morning with devout thanksgiving for my friends, the old and the new

I awoke this morning with devout thanksgiving for my friends, the old and the new

We acquire the strength we have overcome.

We acquire the strength we have overcome.

What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered.

What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered.

Your face encompasses the beauty of the whole earth. Your lips, as red as ripening...

Your face encompasses the beauty of the whole earth. Your lips, as red as ripening...

A girl is Innocence playing in the mud, Beauty standing on its head, and Motherhood...

A girl is Innocence playing in the mud, Beauty standing on its head, and Motherhood...

All through the long winter, I dream of my garden. On the first day of...

All through the long winter, I dream of my garden. On the first day of...

My aim in painting has always been the most exact transcription possible of my most...

My aim in painting has always been the most exact transcription possible of my most...

Blessed are they who see beautiful things in humble places where other people see nothing.

Blessed are they who see beautiful things in humble places where other people see nothing.

Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.

Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.

The first pressure of sorrow crushes out from our hearts the best wine; afterwards the...

The first pressure of sorrow crushes out from our hearts the best wine; afterwards the...