Peace cannot be achieved through violence, it can only be attained through understanding.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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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...

Every man alone is sincere. At the entrance of a second person, hypocrisy begins.

Every man alone is sincere. At the entrance of a second person, hypocrisy begins.

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...

Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.

Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.

There is a tendency for things to right themselves.

There is a tendency for things to right themselves.

Fine manners need the support of fine manners in others.

Fine manners need the support of fine manners in others.

A woman's beauty is not a gift to man - only a bribe

A woman's beauty is not a gift to man - only a bribe

The civilized man has built a coach, but has lost the use of his feet.

The civilized man has built a coach, but has lost the use of his feet.

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...

A man is a god in ruins. When men are innocent, life shall be longer,...

A man is a god in ruins. When men are innocent, life shall be longer,...

For me, commerce is of trivial import; love, faith, truth of character, the aspiration of...

For me, commerce is of trivial import; love, faith, truth of character, the aspiration of...

He that loveth maketh his own the grandeur he loves

He that loveth maketh his own the grandeur he loves

Who hears me, who understands me, becomes mine, a possession for all time.

Who hears me, who understands me, becomes mine, a possession for all time.

People that seem so glorious are all show; underneath they are like everyone else.

People that seem so glorious are all show; underneath they are like everyone else.

Patience and fortitude conquer all things

Patience and fortitude conquer all things

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...

Whoever fights, whoever falls, Justice conquers evermore

Whoever fights, whoever falls, Justice conquers evermore

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...

All glory comes from daring to begin.

All glory comes from daring to begin.

I have lived long enough to satisfy both nature and glory.

I have lived long enough to satisfy both nature and glory.