He who is not everyday conquering some fear has not learned the secret of life.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Give all to love; obey thy heart

Give all to love; obey thy heart

Conservatism makes no poetry, breathes no prayer, has no invention; it is all memory. Reform...

Conservatism makes no poetry, breathes no prayer, has no invention; it is all memory. Reform...

Friends, such as we desire, are dreams and fables.

Friends, such as we desire, are dreams and fables.

As soon as there is life, there is danger

As soon as there is life, there is danger

Books are the best of things, well used; abused, among the worst. What is the...

Books are the best of things, well used; abused, among the worst. What is the...

In art, the hand can never execute anything higher than the heart can imagine.

In art, the hand can never execute anything higher than the heart can imagine.

To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to...

To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to...

It is not length of life, but depth of life.

It is not length of life, but depth of life.

Fear not, then, thou child infirm; There's no god dare wrong a worm

Fear not, then, thou child infirm; There's no god dare wrong a worm

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...

Born for success he seemed, With grace to win, with heart to hold, With shining...

Born for success he seemed, With grace to win, with heart to hold, With shining...

Work and acquire, and thou hast chained the wheel of Chance

Work and acquire, and thou hast chained the wheel of Chance

When we quarrel, how we wish we had been blameless.

When we quarrel, how we wish we had been blameless.

There is creative reading as well as creative writing.

There is creative reading as well as creative writing.

Then beauty is its own excuse for being.

Then beauty is its own excuse for being.

The revelation of thought takes men out of servitude into freedom.

The revelation of thought takes men out of servitude into freedom.

A great man is always willing to be little.

A great man is always willing to be little.

I have no hostility to nature, but a child's love to it. I expand and...

I have no hostility to nature, but a child's love to it. I expand and...

Men's actions are too strong for them. Show me a man who has acted, and...

Men's actions are too strong for them. Show me a man who has acted, and...

The martyr cannot be dishonored. Every lash inflicted is a tongue of fame; every prison...

The martyr cannot be dishonored. Every lash inflicted is a tongue of fame; every prison...