Great geniuses have the shortest biographies.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.

Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.

The secret of education lies in respecting the pupil.

The secret of education lies in respecting the pupil.

Few people know how to take a walk. The qualifications are endurance, plain clothes, old...

Few people know how to take a walk. The qualifications are endurance, plain clothes, old...

Half a man's wisdom goes with his courage

Half a man's wisdom goes with his courage

There is a certain satisfaction in coming down to the lowest ground of politics, for...

There is a certain satisfaction in coming down to the lowest ground of politics, for...

Be silly. Be honest. Be kind.

Be silly. Be honest. Be kind.

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...

We change, whether we like it or not.

We change, whether we like it or not.

Things are pretty, graceful, rich, elegant, handsome, but until they speak to the imagination, not...

Things are pretty, graceful, rich, elegant, handsome, but until they speak to the imagination, not...

Our admiration of the antique is not admiration of the old, but of the natural.

Our admiration of the antique is not admiration of the old, but of the natural.

Speech is power: speech is to persuade, to convert, to compel

Speech is power: speech is to persuade, to convert, to compel

Truth, and goodness, and beauty, are but different faces of the same All

Truth, and goodness, and beauty, are but different faces of the same All

A man is a God in ruins.

A man is a God in ruins.

The greatest man in history was the poorest

The greatest man in history was the poorest

A cynic can chill and dishearten with a single word

A cynic can chill and dishearten with a single word

Talent alone cannot make a writer. There must be a man behind the book; a...

Talent alone cannot make a writer. There must be a man behind the book; a...

Our best thoughts come from others.

Our best thoughts come from others.

So much of our time is spent in preparation, so much in routine, and so...

So much of our time is spent in preparation, so much in routine, and so...

It takes less time to do a thing right than it does to explain why...

It takes less time to do a thing right than it does to explain why...

Time has no divisions to mark its passage, there is never a thunder-storm or blare...

Time has no divisions to mark its passage, there is never a thunder-storm or blare...