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

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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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

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...

Nature is too thin a screen; the glory of the omnipresent God bursts through everywhere

Nature is too thin a screen; the glory of the omnipresent God bursts through everywhere

A man is related to all nature.

A man is related to all nature.

We find delight in the beauty and happiness of children that makes the heart too...

We find delight in the beauty and happiness of children that makes the heart too...

A man's growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends.

A man's growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends.

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...

A man is what he thinks about all day long.

A man is what he thinks about all day long.

Wisdom has its root in goodness, not goodness its root in wisdom.

Wisdom has its root in goodness, not goodness its root in wisdom.

Nothing external to you has any power over you.

Nothing external to you has any power over you.

He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, And he who...

He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, And he who...

Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we...

Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we...

Our high respect for a well-read man is praise enough of literature

Our high respect for a well-read man is praise enough of literature

Nature is endeared by the wooded path, but offended where too many tread.

Nature is endeared by the wooded path, but offended where too many tread.

It is the quality of the moment, not the number of days, or events, or...

It is the quality of the moment, not the number of days, or events, or...

Riding a horse is not a gentle hobby, to be picked up and laid down...

Riding a horse is not a gentle hobby, to be picked up and laid down...

What's a book? Everything or nothing. The eye that sees it all.

What's a book? Everything or nothing. The eye that sees it all.

Friendship, like the immortality of the soul, is too good to be believed.

Friendship, like the immortality of the soul, is too good to be believed.

Those who insist on having hostilities with us, kill and destroy the option of friendship...

Those who insist on having hostilities with us, kill and destroy the option of friendship...

Joyfulness keeps the heart and face young. A good laugh makes us better friends with...

Joyfulness keeps the heart and face young. A good laugh makes us better friends with...