It is the quality of the moment, not the number of days, or events, or of actors, that imports.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Before we acquire great power we must acquire wisdom to use it well.

Before we acquire great power we must acquire wisdom to use it well.

When we quarrel, how we wish we had been blameless.

When we quarrel, how we wish we had been blameless.

That man is idle who can do something better

That man is idle who can do something better

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

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...

Ideas must work through the brains and the arms of good and brave, or they...

Ideas must work through the brains and the arms of good and brave, or they...

Blame is safer than praise

Blame is safer than praise

The stupidity of men always invites the insolence of power.

The stupidity of men always invites the insolence of power.

Cause and effect are two sides of one fact.

Cause and effect are two sides of one fact.

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...

All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.

All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.

We gain the strength of the temptation we resist.

We gain the strength of the temptation we resist.

Poverty, Frost, Famine, Rain, Disease, are the beadles and guardsmen that hold us to Common...

Poverty, Frost, Famine, Rain, Disease, are the beadles and guardsmen that hold us to Common...

America is another name for opportunity.

America is another name for opportunity.

Power and speed be hands and feet.

Power and speed be hands and feet.

Every man alone is sincere. At the entrance of a second person, hypocrisy begins.

Every man alone is sincere. At the entrance of a second person, hypocrisy begins.

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...

Every natural fact is a symbol of some spiritual fact.

Every natural fact is a symbol of some spiritual fact.

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

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

Make yourself necessary to somebody.

Make yourself necessary to somebody.