Public opinion, I am sorry to say, will bear a great deal of nonsense. There is scarcely any absurdity so gross, whether in religion, politics, science or manners, which it will not bear.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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When a man is pushed, tormented, defeated, he has a chance to learn something

When a man is pushed, tormented, defeated, he has a chance to learn something

People disparage knowing and the intellectual life, and urge doing. I am content with knowing,...

People disparage knowing and the intellectual life, and urge doing. I am content with knowing,...

The man of genius inspires us with a boundless confidence in our own powers.

The man of genius inspires us with a boundless confidence in our own powers.

Little minds have little worries, big minds have no time for worries.

Little minds have little worries, big minds have no time for worries.

Write it on your heart that every day is the best day of the year.

Write it on your heart that every day is the best day of the year.

There is an optical illusion about every person we meet.

There is an optical illusion about every person we meet.

The greatest man in history was the poorest

The greatest man in history was the poorest

America is another name for opportunity.

America is another name for opportunity.

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.

This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what...

This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what...

As a cure for worrying, work is better than whiskey.

As a cure for worrying, work is better than whiskey.

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

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

Whoever fights, whoever falls, Justice conquers evermore

Whoever fights, whoever falls, Justice conquers evermore

A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.

A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.

God screens us evermore from premature ideas.

God screens us evermore from premature ideas.

As long as a man stands in his own way, everything seems to be in...

As long as a man stands in his own way, everything seems to be in...

Cause and effect are two sides of one fact.

Cause and effect are two sides of one fact.

To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived - that is...

To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived - that is...

Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success

Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success

To live a pure unselfish life, one must count nothing as one's own in the...

To live a pure unselfish life, one must count nothing as one's own in the...