Most of the shadows of this life are caused by standing in one's own sunshine.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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In art, the hand can never execute anything higher than the heart can imagine.

In art, the hand can never execute anything higher than the heart can imagine.

Reality is a sliding door.

Reality is a sliding door.

Nothing external to you has any power over you.

Nothing external to you has any power over you.

Whenever you are sincerely pleased you are nourished.

Whenever you are sincerely pleased you are nourished.

If I have lost confidence in myself, I have the universe against me.

If I have lost confidence in myself, I have the universe against me.

No great man ever complains of want of opportunity.

No great man ever complains of want of opportunity.

The eloquent man is he who is no eloquent speaker, but who is inwardly drunk...

The eloquent man is he who is no eloquent speaker, but who is inwardly drunk...

The colleges, while they provide us with libraries, furnish no professors of books; and I...

The colleges, while they provide us with libraries, furnish no professors of books; and I...

We are a puny and fickle folk. Avarice, hesitation, and following are our diseases.

We are a puny and fickle folk. Avarice, hesitation, and following are our diseases.

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...

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

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

A friend is one before whom I may think aloud.

A friend is one before whom I may think aloud.

I awoke with devout thanksgiving for my friends.

I awoke with devout thanksgiving for my friends.

All are needed by each one; Nothing is fair or good alone

All are needed by each one; Nothing is fair or good alone

A man builds a fine house; and now he has a master, and a task...

A man builds a fine house; and now he has a master, and a task...

If you would lift me up you must be on higher ground.

If you would lift me up you must be on higher ground.

We aim above the mark to hit the mark.

We aim above the mark to hit the mark.

We are rich only through what we give, and poor only through what we refuse.

We are rich only through what we give, and poor only through what we refuse.

All I have seen teaches me to trust the creator for all I have not...

All I have seen teaches me to trust the creator for all I have not...

Do the thing we fear, and death of fear is certain.

Do the thing we fear, and death of fear is certain.