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 man is a little thing while he works by and for himself; but when...

A man is a little thing while he works by and for himself; but when...

A good indignation brings out all one's powers.

A good indignation brings out all one's powers.

We are always getting ready to live but never living.

We are always getting ready to live but never living.

The disease with which the human mind now labors is want of faith

The disease with which the human mind now labors is want of faith

Good bye, proud world! I'm going home; Thou art not my friend, and I'm not...

Good bye, proud world! I'm going home; Thou art not my friend, and I'm not...

So much of our time is spent in preparation, so much in routine, and so...

So much of our time is spent in preparation, so much in routine, and so...

We are by nature observers, and thereby learners. That is our permanent state.

We are by nature observers, and thereby learners. That is our permanent state.

The world is all gates, all opportunities, strings of tension waiting to be struck.

The world is all gates, all opportunities, strings of tension waiting to be struck.

All men in the abstract are just and good

All men in the abstract are just and good

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

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

I am; therefore, I had nothing better to do than to think.

I am; therefore, I had nothing better to do than to think.

A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes...

A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes...

He who is in love is wise and is becoming wiser, sees newly every time...

He who is in love is wise and is becoming wiser, sees newly every time...

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

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

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...

Passion, though a bad regulator, is a powerful spring

Passion, though a bad regulator, is a powerful spring

I have no hostility to nature, but a child's love to it. I expand and...

I have no hostility to nature, but a child's love to it. I expand and...

An empire is an immense egotism.

An empire is an immense egotism.

I always thought I should be treated like a star.

I always thought I should be treated like a star.

Egotism is the glue with which you get stuck in yourself

Egotism is the glue with which you get stuck in yourself

Society, being codified by man, decrees that woman is inferior; she can do away with...

Society, being codified by man, decrees that woman is inferior; she can do away with...