In art, the hand can never execute anything higher than the heart can imagine.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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When the act of reflection takes place in the mind, when we look at ourselves...

When the act of reflection takes place in the mind, when we look at ourselves...

A friend might well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.

A friend might well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.

No change of circumstances can repair a defect of character.

No change of circumstances can repair a defect of character.

God enters by a private door into every individual.

God enters by a private door into every individual.

It takes a good deal of character to judge a person by his future instead...

It takes a good deal of character to judge a person by his future instead...

Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures.

Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures.

The search after the great men is the dream of youth, and the most serious...

The search after the great men is the dream of youth, and the most serious...

Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.

Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.

The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, nor the kindly smile...it's the spiritual...

The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, nor the kindly smile...it's the spiritual...

We are wiser than we know.

We are wiser than we know.

Happy is the hearing man; unhappy the speaking man.

Happy is the hearing man; unhappy the speaking man.

One must be an inventor to read well. There is then creative reading as well...

One must be an inventor to read well. There is then creative reading as well...

The real and lasting victories are those of peace, and not of war.

The real and lasting victories are those of peace, and not of war.

Whoever fights, whoever falls, Justice conquers evermore

Whoever fights, whoever falls, Justice conquers evermore

Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path...

Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path...

Each man takes care that his neighbor shall not cheat him. But a day comes...

Each man takes care that his neighbor shall not cheat him. But a day comes...

Every man supposes himself not to be fully understood or appreciated.

Every man supposes himself not to be fully understood or appreciated.

Science does not know its debt to imagination.

Science does not know its debt to imagination.

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

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

Manners require time, and nothing is more vulgar than haste.

Manners require time, and nothing is more vulgar than haste.