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

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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The experience of each new age requires a new confession, and the world seems always...

The experience of each new age requires a new confession, and the world seems always...

The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common

The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common

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...

Make yourself necessary to somebody.

Make yourself necessary to somebody.

The greatest gift is a portion of thyself.

The greatest gift is a portion of thyself.

I hate the giving of the hand unless the whole man accompanies it.

I hate the giving of the hand unless the whole man accompanies it.

Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we...

Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we...

There is more difference in the quality of our pleasures than in the amount.

There is more difference in the quality of our pleasures than in the amount.

Don't be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. The...

Don't be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. The...

With the past, I have nothing to do; nor with the future. I live now.

With the past, I have nothing to do; nor with the future. I live now.

Difficulties exist to be surmounted

Difficulties exist to be surmounted

When nature has work to be done, she creates a genius to do it.

When nature has work to be done, she creates a genius to do it.

The reward of a thing well done is having done it.

The reward of a thing well done is having done it.

Society is a hospital of incurables.

Society is a hospital of incurables.

Then beauty is its own excuse for being.

Then beauty is its own excuse for being.

So of cheerfulness, or a good temper, the more it is spent, the more it...

So of cheerfulness, or a good temper, the more it is spent, the more it...

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...

Life is not so short but that there is always time for courtesy

Life is not so short but that there is always time for courtesy

Really big people are, above everything else, courteous, considerate and generous - not just to...

Really big people are, above everything else, courteous, considerate and generous - not just to...

Courtesies cannot be borrowed like snow shovels; you must have some of your own

Courtesies cannot be borrowed like snow shovels; you must have some of your own