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Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Trust your instinct to the end, though you can render no reason.

Trust your instinct to the end, though you can render no reason.

When it is darkest, men see the stars.

When it is darkest, men see the stars.

Always do what you are afraid to do.

Always do what you are afraid to do.

Genius always finds itself a century too early.

Genius always finds itself a century too early.

A good indignation brings out all one's powers.

A good indignation brings out all one's powers.

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

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

A day for toil, an hour for sport, but for a friend is life too...

A day for toil, an hour for sport, but for a friend is life too...

The end of the human race will be that it will eventually die of civilization.

The end of the human race will be that it will eventually die of civilization.

The glory of friendship is not in the outstretched hand, nor the kindly smile, nor...

The glory of friendship is not in the outstretched hand, nor the kindly smile, nor...

O Day of days when we can read! The reader and the book, either without...

O Day of days when we can read! The reader and the book, either without...

The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to...

The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to...

We change, whether we like it or not

We change, whether we like it or not

Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experience.

Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experience.

The greatest difficulty is that men do not think enough of themselves, do not consider...

The greatest difficulty is that men do not think enough of themselves, do not consider...

We take care of our health, we lay up money, we make our roof tight...

We take care of our health, we lay up money, we make our roof tight...

Nature is an endless combination and repetition of a very few laws. She hums the...

Nature is an endless combination and repetition of a very few laws. She hums the...

Always do what you are afraid to do.

Always do what you are afraid to do.

The age of a woman doesn't mean a thing. The best tunes are played on...

The age of a woman doesn't mean a thing. The best tunes are played on...

When I turned two I was really anxious, because I'd doubled my age in a...

When I turned two I was really anxious, because I'd doubled my age in a...

Old age is far more than white hair, wrinkles, the feeling that it is too...

Old age is far more than white hair, wrinkles, the feeling that it is too...

A perpetual holiday is a good working definition of hell.

A perpetual holiday is a good working definition of hell.