No facts to me are sacred; none are profane.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Nature and literature are subjective phenomena; every evil and every good thing is a shadow...

Nature and literature are subjective phenomena; every evil and every good thing is a shadow...

Do your work, but do your thing.

Do your work, but do your thing.

Some pursue happiness - others create it.

Some pursue happiness - others create it.

The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.

The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.

In skating over thin ice our safety is in our speed.

In skating over thin ice our safety is in our speed.

Pictures must not be too picturesque.

Pictures must not be too picturesque.

The secret of ugliness consists not in irregularity, but in being uninteresting.

The secret of ugliness consists not in irregularity, but in being uninteresting.

There can be no high civility without a deep morality

There can be no high civility without a deep morality

Wise men are not wise at all hours, and will speak five times from their...

Wise men are not wise at all hours, and will speak five times from their...

Give no bounties: make equal laws: secure life and prosperity and you need not give...

Give no bounties: make equal laws: secure life and prosperity and you need not give...

People only see what they are prepared to see.

People only see what they are prepared to see.

Fate is nothing but the deeds committed in a prior state of existence.

Fate is nothing but the deeds committed in a prior state of existence.

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 not length of life, but depth of life.

It is not length of life, but depth of life.

Enthusiasm is the leaping lightning, not to be measured by the horse-power of the understanding.

Enthusiasm is the leaping lightning, not to be measured by the horse-power of the understanding.

It is hard to go beyond your public. If they are satisfied with cheap performance,...

It is hard to go beyond your public. If they are satisfied with cheap performance,...

Be as beneficent as the sun or the sea, but if your rights as a...

Be as beneficent as the sun or the sea, but if your rights as a...

Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures.

Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures.

Have the courage to say no. Have the courage to face the truth. Do the...

Have the courage to say no. Have the courage to face the truth. Do the...

The belief that becomes truth for me - is that which allows me the best...

The belief that becomes truth for me - is that which allows me the best...