Plants are the young of the world, vessels of health and vigor; but they grope ever upward towards consciousness; the trees are imperfect men, and seem to bemoan their imprisonment, rooted in the ground.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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The education of the will is the object of our existence.

The education of the will is the object of our existence.

Power and speed be hands and feet.

Power and speed be hands and feet.

People only see what they are prepared to see.

People only see what they are prepared to see.

Necessity does everything well.

Necessity does everything well.

There are books which take rank in your life with parents and lovers and passionate...

There are books which take rank in your life with parents and lovers and passionate...

Nature hates calculators.

Nature hates calculators.

The quality of the imagination is to flow and not to freeze

The quality of the imagination is to flow and not to freeze

As soon as there is life there is danger.

As soon as there is life there is danger.

In every society some men are born to rule, and some to advise.

In every society some men are born to rule, and some to advise.

Do what you are afraid to do

Do what you are afraid to do

Fear defeats more people than any other one thing in the world.

Fear defeats more people than any other one thing in the world.

It takes a good deal of character to judge a person by his future instead...

It takes a good deal of character to judge a person by his future instead...

Language is fossil poetry

Language is fossil poetry

Every hero becomes a bore at last.

Every hero becomes a bore at last.

Pictures must not be too picturesque.

Pictures must not be too picturesque.

With the past, I have nothing to do; nor with the future. I live now.

With the past, I have nothing to do; nor with the future. I live now.

Life is a succession of lessons, which must be lived to be understood.

Life is a succession of lessons, which must be lived to be understood.

Society is a hospital of incurables.

Society is a hospital of incurables.

There can be no keener revelation of a society's soul than the way in which...

There can be no keener revelation of a society's soul than the way in which...

More and more Americans feel threatened by runaway technology, by large-scale organization, by overcrowding. More...

More and more Americans feel threatened by runaway technology, by large-scale organization, by overcrowding. More...