It is very unhappy, but too late to be helped, the discovery we have made, that we exist

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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I awoke this morning with devout thanksgiving for my friends, the old and the new

I awoke this morning with devout thanksgiving for my friends, the old and the new

Every wall is a door.

Every wall is a door.

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

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

There is properly no history; only biography

There is properly no history; only biography

Don't be pushed by your problems. Be led by your dreams.

Don't be pushed by your problems. Be led by your dreams.

Happy is the house that shelters a friend

Happy is the house that shelters a friend

Few people know how to take a walk. The qualifications are endurance, plain clothes, old...

Few people know how to take a walk. The qualifications are endurance, plain clothes, old...

None shall rule but the humble, And none but Toil shall have

None shall rule but the humble, And none but Toil shall have

People disparage knowing and the intellectual life, and urge doing. I am content with knowing,...

People disparage knowing and the intellectual life, and urge doing. I am content with knowing,...

Getting old is a fascination thing. The older you get, the older you want to...

Getting old is a fascination thing. The older you get, the older you want to...

Men love to wonder, and that is the seed of science.

Men love to wonder, and that is the seed of science.

Skill to do comes of doing

Skill to do comes of doing

Every mind must make its choice between truth and repose. It cannot have both.

Every mind must make its choice between truth and repose. It cannot have both.

Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you.

Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you.

It is a fact often observed, that men have written good verses under the inspiration...

It is a fact often observed, that men have written good verses under the inspiration...

Truth, and goodness, and beauty, are but different faces of the same All

Truth, and goodness, and beauty, are but different faces of the same All

One of the most wonderful things in nature is a glance of the eye; it...

One of the most wonderful things in nature is a glance of the eye; it...

Identity may be termed as action which is conscious of itself.

Identity may be termed as action which is conscious of itself.

Our identities have no bodies, so, unlike you, we cannot obtain order by physical coercion....

Our identities have no bodies, so, unlike you, we cannot obtain order by physical coercion....

Your identity and your success go hand in hand. Many people sacrifice their identities by...

Your identity and your success go hand in hand. Many people sacrifice their identities by...