It is as easy for the strong man to be strong, as it is for the weak to be weak.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common.

The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common.

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

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

Talent alone cannot make a writer. There must be a man behind the book; a...

Talent alone cannot make a writer. There must be a man behind the book; a...

The moment we indulge our affections, the earth is metamorphosed, there is no winter and...

The moment we indulge our affections, the earth is metamorphosed, there is no winter and...

Our chief want in life is somebody who shall make us do what we can.

Our chief want in life is somebody who shall make us do what we can.

Obedience alone gives the right to command

Obedience alone gives the right to command

Great geniuses have the shortest biographies.

Great geniuses have the shortest biographies.

Every natural fact is a symbol of some spiritual fact.

Every natural fact is a symbol of some spiritual fact.

Finish every day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some...

Finish every day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some...

We are rich only through what we give, and poor only through what we refuse.

We are rich only through what we give, and poor only through what we refuse.

A few strong instincts and a few plain rules suffice us

A few strong instincts and a few plain rules suffice us

Love and you shall be loved

Love and you shall be loved

Science does not know its debt to imagination.

Science does not know its debt to imagination.

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

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

Books are the best of things, well used; abused, among the worst. What is the...

Books are the best of things, well used; abused, among the worst. What is the...

Conversation is an art in which a man has all mankind for competitors.

Conversation is an art in which a man has all mankind for competitors.

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...

I hate quotations. Tell me what you know.

I hate quotations. Tell me what you know.

We are always getting ready to live but never living.

We are always getting ready to live but never living.

Why need I volumes, if one word suffice?

Why need I volumes, if one word suffice?