One must be an inventor to read well. There is then creative reading as well as creative writing.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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There is creative reading as well as creative writing.

There is creative reading as well as creative writing.

Every hero becomes a bore at last.

Every hero becomes a bore at last.

All sensible people are selfish, and nature is tugging at every contract to make the...

All sensible people are selfish, and nature is tugging at every contract to make the...

Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air¦

Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air¦

A man is a little thing while he works by and for himself; but when...

A man is a little thing while he works by and for himself; but when...

Tis the good reader that makes the good book.

Tis the good reader that makes the good book.

We love force and we care very little how it is exhibited

We love force and we care very little how it is exhibited

Man is a piece of the universe made alive

Man is a piece of the universe made alive

Speech is power: speech is to persuade, to convert, to compel. It is to bring...

Speech is power: speech is to persuade, to convert, to compel. It is to bring...

The search after the great men is the dream of youth, and the most serious...

The search after the great men is the dream of youth, and the most serious...

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

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

Poverty, Frost, Famine, Rain, Disease, are the beadles and guardsmen that hold us to Common...

Poverty, Frost, Famine, Rain, Disease, are the beadles and guardsmen that hold us to Common...

Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.

Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.

Fear always springs from ignorance

Fear always springs from ignorance

A cynic can chill and dishearten with a single word

A cynic can chill and dishearten with a single word

Love and you shall be loved. All love is mathematically just, as much as the...

Love and you shall be loved. All love is mathematically just, as much as the...

There is no chance and anarchy in the universe. All is system and gradation. Every...

There is no chance and anarchy in the universe. All is system and gradation. Every...

Self-trust is the first secret of success

Self-trust is the first secret of success

Although time seems to fly, it never travels faster than one day at a time....

Although time seems to fly, it never travels faster than one day at a time....

Success is relative. It is what we can make of the mess we have made...

Success is relative. It is what we can make of the mess we have made...

When a gifted team dedicates itself to unselfish trust and combines instinct with boldness and...

When a gifted team dedicates itself to unselfish trust and combines instinct with boldness and...