No change of circumstances can repair a defect of character.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Few people know how to take a walk. The qualifications are endurance, plain clothes, old...

Few people know how to take a walk. The qualifications are endurance, plain clothes, old...

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.

An empire is an immense egotism.

An empire is an immense egotism.

The end of the human race will be that it will eventually die of civilization.

The end of the human race will be that it will eventually die of civilization.

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.

Happiness is just an illusion caused by the temporary absence of reality.

Happiness is just an illusion caused by the temporary absence of reality.

Men should take their knowledge from the Sun, the Moon and the Stars.

Men should take their knowledge from the Sun, the Moon and the Stars.

Life consists in what a man is thinking of all day.

Life consists in what a man is thinking of all day.

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 best thoughts come from others.

Our best thoughts come from others.

There are as many pillows of illusion as flakes in a snow-storm. We wake from...

There are as many pillows of illusion as flakes in a snow-storm. We wake from...

Trust the instinct to the end, though you can render no reason

Trust the instinct to the end, though you can render no reason

Happy is the house that shelters a friend

Happy is the house that shelters a friend

A man is usually more careful of his money than he is of his principles.

A man is usually more careful of his money than he is of his principles.

The reason why all men honor love is because it looks up, and not down;...

The reason why all men honor love is because it looks up, and not down;...

Whatever limits us, we call Fate

Whatever limits us, we call Fate

It is my desire, in the office of a Christian minister, to do nothing which...

It is my desire, in the office of a Christian minister, to do nothing which...

We change, whether we like it or not.

We change, whether we like it or not.

Innovationthe heart of the knowledge economyis fundamentally social.

Innovationthe heart of the knowledge economyis fundamentally social.

Faced with the choice between changing one's mind and proving that there is no need...

Faced with the choice between changing one's mind and proving that there is no need...