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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To be great is to be misunderstood.

To be great is to be misunderstood.

Can anything be so elegant as to have few wants, and to serve them one's...

Can anything be so elegant as to have few wants, and to serve them one's...

It is impossible for a man to be cheated by anyone but himself.

It is impossible for a man to be cheated by anyone but himself.

I have thought a sufficient measure of civilization is the influence of good women.

I have thought a sufficient measure of civilization is the influence of good women.

Insist upon yourself. Be original.

Insist upon yourself. Be original.

If the single man plant himself indomitably on his instincts, and there abide, the huge...

If the single man plant himself indomitably on his instincts, and there abide, the huge...

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...

Prosperity is something the businessmen created for politicians to take credit for

Prosperity is something the businessmen created for politicians to take credit for

Culture is one thing and varnish is another.

Culture is one thing and varnish is another.

Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen.

Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen.

The ancestor of every action is a thought

The ancestor of every action is a thought

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...

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,...

Men admire the man who can organize their wishes and thoughts in stone and wood...

Men admire the man who can organize their wishes and thoughts in stone and wood...

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

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

Make yourself necessary to somebody.

Make yourself necessary to somebody.

Plants are the young of the world, vessels of health and vigor; but they grope...

Plants are the young of the world, vessels of health and vigor; but they grope...

Life is a progress, and not a station.

Life is a progress, and not a station.

Fortunately analysis is not the only way to resolve inner conflicts. Life itself still remains...

Fortunately analysis is not the only way to resolve inner conflicts. Life itself still remains...

Older and wiser voices can help you find the right path, if you are only...

Older and wiser voices can help you find the right path, if you are only...