Never read any book that is not a year old

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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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

It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be...

It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be...

Self-reliance is its aversion. It loves not realities and creators, but names and customs.

Self-reliance is its aversion. It loves not realities and creators, but names and customs.

Mysticism is the mistake of an accidental and individual symbol for an universal one.

Mysticism is the mistake of an accidental and individual symbol for an universal one.

We aim above the mark to hit the mark.

We aim above the mark to hit the mark.

The greatest homage we can pay to truth is to use it.

The greatest homage we can pay to truth is to use it.

It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be...

It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be...

Every man in his lifetime needs to thank his faults.

Every man in his lifetime needs to thank his faults.

I like the silent church before the service begins, better than any preaching.

I like the silent church before the service begins, better than any preaching.

We but half express ourselves, and are ashamed of that divine idea which each of...

We but half express ourselves, and are ashamed of that divine idea which each of...

Passion, though a bad regulator, is a powerful spring

Passion, though a bad regulator, is a powerful spring

God screens us evermore from premature ideas.

God screens us evermore from premature ideas.

To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else...

To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else...

We all boil at different degrees

We all boil at different degrees

There are other measures of self-respect for a man, than the number of clean shirts...

There are other measures of self-respect for a man, than the number of clean shirts...

Our chief want in life is somebody who shall make us do what we can.

Our chief want in life is somebody who shall make us do what we can.

Doing well is the result of doing good. That's what capitalism is all about.

Doing well is the result of doing good. That's what capitalism is all about.

Imitation is suicide

Imitation is suicide

I used to make original snowmen, but it was time consuming, hard work. So I...

I used to make original snowmen, but it was time consuming, hard work. So I...

The human is indissolubly linked with imitation: a human being only becomes human at all...

The human is indissolubly linked with imitation: a human being only becomes human at all...