Men's actions are too strong for them. Show me a man who has acted, and who has not been the victim and slave of his action.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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A chief event of life is the day in which we have encountered a mind...

A chief event of life is the day in which we have encountered a mind...

You shall have joy, or you shall have power, said God; you shall not have...

You shall have joy, or you shall have power, said God; you shall not have...

Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air¦

Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air¦

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...

In every society some men are born to rule, and some to advise.

In every society some men are born to rule, and some to advise.

Every wall is a door.

Every wall is a door.

We are always getting ready to live but never living.

We are always getting ready to live but never living.

There are books which take rank in your life with parents and lovers and passionate...

There are books which take rank in your life with parents and lovers and passionate...

Flowers... are a proud assertion that a ray of beauty outvalues all the utilities of...

Flowers... are a proud assertion that a ray of beauty outvalues all the utilities of...

It requires a great deal of boldness and a great deal of caution to make...

It requires a great deal of boldness and a great deal of caution to make...

A true friend is somebody who can make us do what we can.

A true friend is somebody who can make us do what we can.

Can anything be so elegant as to have few wants, and to serve them one's...

Can anything be so elegant as to have few wants, and to serve them one's...

Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting a few drops on...

Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting a few drops on...

If the stars should appear but one night every thousand years how man would marvel...

If the stars should appear but one night every thousand years how man would marvel...

There are many things of which a wise man might wish to be ignorant

There are many things of which a wise man might wish to be ignorant

They (the days) come and go like muffled and veiled figures sent from a distant...

They (the days) come and go like muffled and veiled figures sent from a distant...

In skating over thin ice, our safety is in our speed.

In skating over thin ice, our safety is in our speed.

A few strong instincts and a few plain rules suffice us

A few strong instincts and a few plain rules suffice us

There can be no doubt that the average man blames much more than he praises....

There can be no doubt that the average man blames much more than he praises....

Where instinct fails, intellect must venture.

Where instinct fails, intellect must venture.

I make it a policy to try never to make a complete idiot of myself...

I make it a policy to try never to make a complete idiot of myself...