If you would lift me up you must be on higher ground.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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We see God face to face every hour, and know the savor of Nature.

We see God face to face every hour, and know the savor of Nature.

There is a tendency for things to right themselves.

There is a tendency for things to right themselves.

Be as beneficent as the sun or the sea, but if your rights as a...

Be as beneficent as the sun or the sea, but if your rights as a...

Beauty is an outward gift, which is seldom despised, except by those to whom it...

Beauty is an outward gift, which is seldom despised, except by those to whom it...

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

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

Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string

Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string

A man is related to all nature.

A man is related to all nature.

Speak less. Say more. whaywardj

Speak less. Say more. whaywardj

Hitch your wagon to a star.

Hitch your wagon to a star.

Most of the shadows of this life are caused by standing in one's own sunshine.

Most of the shadows of this life are caused by standing in one's own sunshine.

Even miracles take a little time

Even miracles take a little time

Every actual State is corrupt. Good men must not obey laws too well.

Every actual State is corrupt. Good men must not obey laws too well.

Science does not know its debt to imagination.

Science does not know its debt to imagination.

It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be...

It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be...

It is my desire, in the office of a Christian minister, to do nothing which...

It is my desire, in the office of a Christian minister, to do nothing which...

He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, And he who...

He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, And he who...

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...

All our progress is an unfolding, like the vegetable bud, you have first an instinct,...

All our progress is an unfolding, like the vegetable bud, you have first an instinct,...

The great thing in the world is not so much where we stand, as in...

The great thing in the world is not so much where we stand, as in...

All progress is based upon a universal innate desire on the part of every organism...

All progress is based upon a universal innate desire on the part of every organism...