People do not seem to realize that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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How painful to give a gift to any person of sensibility, or of equality! It...

How painful to give a gift to any person of sensibility, or of equality! It...

Be a little careful about your library. Do you foresee what you will do with...

Be a little careful about your library. Do you foresee what you will do with...

Don't be pushed by your problems. Be led by your dreams.

Don't be pushed by your problems. Be led by your dreams.

Do not waste yourself in rejection; do not bark against the bad, but chant the...

Do not waste yourself in rejection; do not bark against the bad, but chant the...

Necessity does everything well.

Necessity does everything well.

Every hero becomes a bore at last.

Every hero becomes a bore at last.

Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen.

Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen.

The eloquent man is he who is no eloquent speaker, but who is inwardly drunk...

The eloquent man is he who is no eloquent speaker, but who is inwardly drunk...

Fear not, then, thou child infirm; There's no god dare wrong a worm

Fear not, then, thou child infirm; There's no god dare wrong a worm

Every revolution was first a thought in one man's mind

Every revolution was first a thought in one man's mind

God enters by a private door into every individual.

God enters by a private door into every individual.

No great man ever complains of want of opportunity.

No great man ever complains of want of opportunity.

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 awoke with devout thanksgiving for my friends.

I awoke with devout thanksgiving for my friends.

The first farmer was the first man, and all historic nobility rests on possession and...

The first farmer was the first man, and all historic nobility rests on possession and...

The profit of books is according to the sensibility of the reader. The profoundest thought...

The profit of books is according to the sensibility of the reader. The profoundest thought...

It is as easy for the strong man to be strong, as it is for...

It is as easy for the strong man to be strong, as it is for...

Use what language you will, you can never say anything but what you are.

Use what language you will, you can never say anything but what you are.

Nature is a mutable cloud which is always and never the same.

Nature is a mutable cloud which is always and never the same.

A good indignation brings out all one's powers.

A good indignation brings out all one's powers.