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 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...

Hitch your wagon to a star.

Hitch your wagon to a star.

The glory of friendship is not in the outstretched hand, nor the kindly smile, nor...

The glory of friendship is not in the outstretched hand, nor the kindly smile, nor...

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...

Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures.

Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures.

For every benefit you receive a tax is levied.

For every benefit you receive a tax is levied.

Be an opener of doors for such as come after thee.

Be an opener of doors for such as come after thee.

The pleasure of life is according to the man who lives it, and not according...

The pleasure of life is according to the man who lives it, and not according...

Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect.

Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect.

Pictures must not be too picturesque.

Pictures must not be too picturesque.

A man is related to all nature.

A man is related to all nature.

Can anything be so elegant as to have few wants, and to serve them one's...

Can anything be so elegant as to have few wants, and to serve them one's...

I have no hostility to nature, but a child's love to it. I expand and...

I have no hostility to nature, but a child's love to it. I expand and...

Power and speed be hands and feet.

Power and speed be hands and feet.

Concentration is the secret of strengths in politics, in war, in trade, in short in...

Concentration is the secret of strengths in politics, in war, in trade, in short in...

No man ever prayed heartily without learning something.

No man ever prayed heartily without learning something.

What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have never been discovered.

What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have never been discovered.

This gives force to the strong -- that the multitude have no habit of self-reliance...

This gives force to the strong -- that the multitude have no habit of self-reliance...

Self-reliance is its aversion. It loves not realities and creators, but names and customs.

Self-reliance is its aversion. It loves not realities and creators, but names and customs.

No one can cheat you out of ultimate success but yourself.

No one can cheat you out of ultimate success but yourself.