Nobody can bring you peace but yourself.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Our admiration of the antique is not admiration of the old, but of the natural.

Our admiration of the antique is not admiration of the old, but of the natural.

Hence arose the saying, If I love you, what is that to you? We say...

Hence arose the saying, If I love you, what is that to you? We say...

Proverbs, like the sacred books of each nation, are the sanctuary of the intuitions.

Proverbs, like the sacred books of each nation, are the sanctuary of the intuitions.

Who you are speaks so loudly I can't hear what you're saying.

Who you are speaks so loudly I can't hear what you're saying.

Society is always taken by surprise at any new example of common sense.

Society is always taken by surprise at any new example of common sense.

I hate quotation. Tell me what you know.

I hate quotation. Tell me what you know.

Nature is an endless combination and repetition of a very few laws. She hums the...

Nature is an endless combination and repetition of a very few laws. She hums the...

We do not yet possess ourselves, and we know at the same time that we...

We do not yet possess ourselves, and we know at the same time that we...

Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door.

Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door.

A man is what he thinks about all day long.

A man is what he thinks about all day long.

Some pursue happiness - others create it.

Some pursue happiness - others create it.

Unhappy is the man whom man can make unhappy

Unhappy is the man whom man can make unhappy

A fly is as untamable as a hyena.

A fly is as untamable as a hyena.

Happy is the hearing man; unhappy the speaking man.

Happy is the hearing man; unhappy the speaking man.

A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.

A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.

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.

Beauty is the pilot of the young soul.

Beauty is the pilot of the young soul.

What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have never been discovered.

What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have never been discovered.

Every experiment, by multitudes or by individuals, that has a sensual and selfish aim, will...

Every experiment, by multitudes or by individuals, that has a sensual and selfish aim, will...

Men admire the man who can organize their wishes and thoughts in stone and wood...

Men admire the man who can organize their wishes and thoughts in stone and wood...