Progress is the activity of today and the assurance of tomorrow

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Every hero becomes a bore at last.

Every hero becomes a bore at last.

Unhappy is the man whom man can make unhappy

Unhappy is the man whom man can make unhappy

What you are comes to you.

What you are comes to you.

I do then with my friends as I do with my books. I would have...

I do then with my friends as I do with my books. I would have...

Happiness is just an illusion caused by the temporary absence of reality.

Happiness is just an illusion caused by the temporary absence of reality.

There can be no high civility without a deep morality

There can be no high civility without a deep morality

Good and bad are but names very readily transferable to that or this; the only...

Good and bad are but names very readily transferable to that or this; the only...

Let us be silent, that we may hear the whispers of the gods.

Let us be silent, that we may hear the whispers of the gods.

If everything else fails, read the instructions

If everything else fails, read the instructions

Books are the best of things, well used; abused, among the worst. What is the...

Books are the best of things, well used; abused, among the worst. What is the...

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.

Men should take their knowledge from the Sun, the Moon and the Stars.

Men should take their knowledge from the Sun, the Moon and the Stars.

Born for success he seemed, With grace to win, with heart to hold, With shining...

Born for success he seemed, With grace to win, with heart to hold, With shining...

It is a fact often observed, that men have written good verses under the inspiration...

It is a fact often observed, that men have written good verses under the inspiration...

Patience and fortitude conquer all things

Patience and fortitude conquer all things

If the single man plant himself indomitably on his instincts, and there abide, the huge...

If the single man plant himself indomitably on his instincts, and there abide, the huge...

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

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

All conservatives are such from personal defects. They have been effeminated by position or nature,...

All conservatives are such from personal defects. They have been effeminated by position or nature,...

From the moment of birth, when the stone-age baby confronts the twentieth-century mother, the baby...

From the moment of birth, when the stone-age baby confronts the twentieth-century mother, the baby...

I am disappointed that my parents didn't give birth to a porn star.

I am disappointed that my parents didn't give birth to a porn star.