If government knew how, I should like to see it check, not multiply, the population. When it reaches its true law of action, every man that is born will be hailed as essential.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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A man is related to all nature.

A man is related to all nature.

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

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

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

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

Self-sacrifice is the real miracle out of which all the reported miracles grow.

Self-sacrifice is the real miracle out of which all the reported miracles grow.

Why need I volumes, if one word suffice?

Why need I volumes, if one word suffice?

Fear always springs from ignorance

Fear always springs from ignorance

Next to the originator of a good sentence is the first quoter of it.

Next to the originator of a good sentence is the first quoter of it.

Self-trust is the first secret of success

Self-trust is the first secret of success

It is as impossible for a man to be cheated by any one but himself,...

It is as impossible for a man to be cheated by any one but himself,...

Thoughts come into our minds by avenues which we never left open, and thoughts go...

Thoughts come into our minds by avenues which we never left open, and thoughts go...

The civilized man has built a coach, but has lost the use of his feet.

The civilized man has built a coach, but has lost the use of his feet.

The stupidity of men always invites the insolence of power.

The stupidity of men always invites the insolence of power.

A man is a God in ruins

A man is a God in ruins

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

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

Coolness and absence of heat and haste indicate fine qualities

Coolness and absence of heat and haste indicate fine qualities

Nature is a mutable cloud which is always and never the same.

Nature is a mutable cloud which is always and never the same.

Nature hates calculators.

Nature hates calculators.

Judge of your natural character by what you do in your dreams.

Judge of your natural character by what you do in your dreams.

The first five best quotes or thoughts that a person has got truly into his...

The first five best quotes or thoughts that a person has got truly into his...

Respect for character is always diminished in proportion to the number among whom the blame...

Respect for character is always diminished in proportion to the number among whom the blame...

Judge not, that ye be not judged (Matthew 7:1).

Judge not, that ye be not judged (Matthew 7:1).