Insist upon yourself. Be original.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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All history is a record of the power of minorities, and of minorities of one

All history is a record of the power of minorities, and of minorities of one

Life wastes itself while we are preparing to live.

Life wastes itself while we are preparing to live.

These times of ours are serious and full of calamity, but all times are essentially...

These times of ours are serious and full of calamity, but all times are essentially...

Knowledge is knowing that we cannot know.

Knowledge is knowing that we cannot know.

The greatest man in history was the poorest

The greatest man in history was the poorest

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

Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we...

Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we...

There is an optical illusion about every person we meet.

There is an optical illusion about every person we meet.

Be a little careful about your library. Do you foresee what you will do with...

Be a little careful about your library. Do you foresee what you will do with...

Good men must not obey the laws too well.

Good men must not obey the laws too well.

Let the beauty you love be what you do. There are a thousand ways to...

Let the beauty you love be what you do. There are a thousand ways to...

The first farmer was the first man, and all historic nobility rests on possession and...

The first farmer was the first man, and all historic nobility rests on possession and...

Proverbs, like the sacred books of each nation, are the sanctuary of the intuitions.

Proverbs, like the sacred books of each nation, are the sanctuary of the intuitions.

A friend might well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.

A friend might well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.

Every known fact in natural science was divined by the presentiment of somebody, before it...

Every known fact in natural science was divined by the presentiment of somebody, before it...

A man's growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends.

A man's growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends.

The value of a principle is the number of things it will explain; and there...

The value of a principle is the number of things it will explain; and there...

Culture, with us, ends in headache

Culture, with us, ends in headache

Culture is a little like dropping an Alka-Seltzer into a glass-you don't see it, but...

Culture is a little like dropping an Alka-Seltzer into a glass-you don't see it, but...

Culture is on the horns of this dilemma: if profound and noble it must remain...

Culture is on the horns of this dilemma: if profound and noble it must remain...