Knowledge is knowing that we cannot know.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Passion rebuilds the world for the youth. It makes all things alive and significant.

Passion rebuilds the world for the youth. It makes all things alive and significant.

Every artist was first an amateur.

Every artist was first an amateur.

Then beauty is its own excuse for being.

Then beauty is its own excuse for being.

We are too civil to books. For a few golden sentences we will turn over...

We are too civil to books. For a few golden sentences we will turn over...

A cynic can chill and dishearten with a single word

A cynic can chill and dishearten with a single word

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

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

Wise men put their trust in ideas and not in circumstances

Wise men put their trust in ideas and not in circumstances

Life is short, but there is always time enough for courtesy.

Life is short, but there is always time enough for courtesy.

Every man passes his life in the search after friendship.

Every man passes his life in the search after friendship.

Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect.

Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect.

The hearing ear is always found close to the speaking tongue

The hearing ear is always found close to the speaking tongue

As the traveler who has lost his way, throws his reins on his horse's neck,...

As the traveler who has lost his way, throws his reins on his horse's neck,...

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

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

Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.

Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.

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

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

There can be no high civility without a deep morality

There can be no high civility without a deep morality

Be true to your own act and congratulate yourself if you have done something strange...

Be true to your own act and congratulate yourself if you have done something strange...

All life is an experiment.

All life is an experiment.

For just experience tells, in every soil, That those who think must govern those who...

For just experience tells, in every soil, That those who think must govern those who...

I think we all wish we could erase some dark times in our lives. But...

I think we all wish we could erase some dark times in our lives. But...