Never self-possessed, or prudent, love is all abandonment.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Thoughts come into our minds by avenues which we never left open, and thoughts go...

Thoughts come into our minds by avenues which we never left open, and thoughts go...

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...

The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, Nor the kindly smile nor the...

The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, Nor the kindly smile nor the...

A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.

A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.

A man known to us only as a celebrity in politics or in trade, gains...

A man known to us only as a celebrity in politics or in trade, gains...

A friend is one before whom I may think aloud.

A friend is one before whom I may think aloud.

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

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

'Tis pedantry to estimate nations by the census, or by square miles of land, or...

'Tis pedantry to estimate nations by the census, or by square miles of land, or...

The worst of charity is that the lives you are asked to preserve are not...

The worst of charity is that the lives you are asked to preserve are not...

Never read any book that is not a year old

Never read any book that is not a year old

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

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

Who hears me, who understands me, becomes mine, a possession for all time.

Who hears me, who understands me, becomes mine, a possession for all time.

Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.

Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.

Our faith comes in moments; our vice is habitual.

Our faith comes in moments; our vice is habitual.

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,...

The real and lasting victories are those of peace, and not of war.

The real and lasting victories are those of peace, and not of war.

The secret of education lies in respecting the pupil.

The secret of education lies in respecting the pupil.

How much of human life is lost in waiting.

How much of human life is lost in waiting.

He who binds to himself a joy Does the winged life destroy; But he who...

He who binds to himself a joy Does the winged life destroy; But he who...

It is only too true that a lot of artists are mentally ill- it's a...

It is only too true that a lot of artists are mentally ill- it's a...