People with great gifts are easy to find, but symmetrical and balanced ones never.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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The disease with which the human mind now labors is want of faith

The disease with which the human mind now labors is want of faith

When you strike at a king, you must kill him

When you strike at a king, you must kill him

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...

There is no beautifier of complexion, or form, or behaviour, like the wish to scatter...

There is no beautifier of complexion, or form, or behaviour, like the wish to scatter...

Culture, with us, ends in headache

Culture, with us, ends in headache

Self-sacrifice is the real miracle out of which all the reported miracles grow

Self-sacrifice is the real miracle out of which all the reported miracles grow

Every natural fact is a symbol of some spiritual fact.

Every natural fact is a symbol of some spiritual fact.

Skepticism? Yes, but a saint is a skeptic once in twenty-four hours.

Skepticism? Yes, but a saint is a skeptic once in twenty-four hours.

Every man is a consumer, and ought to be a producer. He is by constitution...

Every man is a consumer, and ought to be a producer. He is by constitution...

I am; therefore, I had nothing better to do than to think.

I am; therefore, I had nothing better to do than to think.

The best effort of a fine person is felt after we have left their presence.

The best effort of a fine person is felt after we have left their presence.

Trust the instinct to the end, though you can render no reason

Trust the instinct to the end, though you can render no reason

The only way to have a friend is to be one.

The only way to have a friend is to be one.

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

Every actual State is corrupt. Good men must not obey laws too well.

Every actual State is corrupt. Good men must not obey laws too well.

Love and you shall be loved

Love and you shall be loved

The only reward of virtue is virtue; the only way to have a friend is...

The only reward of virtue is virtue; the only way to have a friend is...

Books are for nothing but to inspire

Books are for nothing but to inspire

Don't listen to anyone who tells you that you can't do this or that. That's...

Don't listen to anyone who tells you that you can't do this or that. That's...

Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the...

Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the...