I do not hesitate to read all good books in translations. What is really best in any book is translatable -- any real insight or broad human sentiment.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Fate is nothing but the deeds committed in a prior state of existence.

Fate is nothing but the deeds committed in a prior state of existence.

Men should take their knowledge from the Sun, the Moon and the Stars.

Men should take their knowledge from the Sun, the Moon and the Stars.

There is a tendency for things to right themselves.

There is a tendency for things to right themselves.

Insist upon yourself. Be original.

Insist upon yourself. Be original.

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...

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...

Never read any book that is not a year old

Never read any book that is not a year old

All conservatives are such from personal defects. They have been effeminated by position or nature,...

All conservatives are such from personal defects. They have been effeminated by position or nature,...

Faith and love are apt to be spasmodic in the best minds. Men live the...

Faith and love are apt to be spasmodic in the best minds. Men live the...

Who you are speaks so loudly I can't hear what you're saying.

Who you are speaks so loudly I can't hear what you're saying.

The sum of wisdom is that time is never lost that is devoted to work.

The sum of wisdom is that time is never lost that is devoted to work.

Let us be silent, that we may hear the whispers of the gods.

Let us be silent, that we may hear the whispers of the gods.

Things are in the saddle, And ride mankind

Things are in the saddle, And ride mankind

Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string

Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string

The value of a principle is the number of things it will explain.

The value of a principle is the number of things it will explain.

Every man in his lifetime needs to thank his faults.

Every man in his lifetime needs to thank his faults.

As soon as there is life there is danger.

As soon as there is life there is danger.

Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.

Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.

We are born believing. A man bears beliefs as a tree bears apples.

We are born believing. A man bears beliefs as a tree bears apples.

I like the silent church before the service begins, better than any preaching.

I like the silent church before the service begins, better than any preaching.