Reality is a sliding door.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be...

It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be...

Proverbs, like the sacred books of each nation, are the sanctuary of the intuitions.

Proverbs, like the sacred books of each nation, are the sanctuary of the intuitions.

The wise man in the storm prays God, not for safety from danger, but for...

The wise man in the storm prays God, not for safety from danger, but for...

The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common.

The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common.

All promise outruns performance.

All promise outruns performance.

Every hero becomes a bore at last.

Every hero becomes a bore at last.

Everything in creation has its appointed painter or poet and remains in bondage like the...

Everything in creation has its appointed painter or poet and remains in bondage like the...

We are a puny and fickle folk. Avarice, hesitation, and following are our diseases.

We are a puny and fickle folk. Avarice, hesitation, and following are our diseases.

It is as impossible for a man to be cheated by any one but himself,...

It is as impossible for a man to be cheated by any one but himself,...

Mysticism is the mistake of an accidental and individual symbol for an universal one.

Mysticism is the mistake of an accidental and individual symbol for an universal one.

The revelation of thought takes men out of servitude into freedom.

The revelation of thought takes men out of servitude into freedom.

These times of ours are serious and full of calamity, but all times are essentially...

These times of ours are serious and full of calamity, but all times are essentially...

The greatest man in history was the poorest

The greatest man in history was the poorest

We ascribe beauty to that which is simple; which has no superfluous parts; which exactly...

We ascribe beauty to that which is simple; which has no superfluous parts; which exactly...

Pictures must not be too picturesque.

Pictures must not be too picturesque.

Speak less. Say more. whaywardj

Speak less. Say more. whaywardj

Every sweet has its sour; every evil its good

Every sweet has its sour; every evil its good

You cannot see the mountain near

You cannot see the mountain near

Politics has always been the art of the possible. Today it's too often the art...

Politics has always been the art of the possible. Today it's too often the art...

It may be that without a vision men shall die. It is no less true...

It may be that without a vision men shall die. It is no less true...