No facts to me are sacred; none are profane.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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A friend is one before whom I may think aloud.

A friend is one before whom I may think aloud.

Hitch your wagon to a star.

Hitch your wagon to a star.

Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes.

Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes.

The solar system has no anxiety about its reputation

The solar system has no anxiety about its reputation

If a man can... make a better mousetrap, the world will make a beaten path...

If a man can... make a better mousetrap, the world will make a beaten path...

Let us be silent, that we may hear the whispers of the gods.

Let us be silent, that we may hear the whispers of the gods.

Go cherish your soul; express companions; set your habits to a life of solitude; then...

Go cherish your soul; express companions; set your habits to a life of solitude; then...

Do not go where the path may lead; go instead where there is no path...

Do not go where the path may lead; go instead where there is no path...

Every man I meet is in some way my superior.

Every man I meet is in some way my superior.

...truth is handsomer than the affectation of love. Your goodness must have some edge to...

...truth is handsomer than the affectation of love. Your goodness must have some edge to...

Every man is a channel through which heaven floweth

Every man is a channel through which heaven floweth

Knowledge is knowing that we cannot know.

Knowledge is knowing that we cannot know.

Every reform was once a private opinion, and when it shall be a private opinion...

Every reform was once a private opinion, and when it shall be a private opinion...

The only way to have a friend is to be one.

The only way to have a friend is to be one.

One of the most wonderful things in nature is a glance of the eye; it...

One of the most wonderful things in nature is a glance of the eye; it...

No one can cheat you out of ultimate success but yourself.

No one can cheat you out of ultimate success but yourself.

Extremes meet, and there is no better example than the naughtiness of humility

Extremes meet, and there is no better example than the naughtiness of humility

A man is a God in ruins

A man is a God in ruins

As a woman, I have no country. As a woman my country is the world.

As a woman, I have no country. As a woman my country is the world.

No one in the whole world knows all a man's bignesses and all his littlenesses...

No one in the whole world knows all a man's bignesses and all his littlenesses...