Revolutions go not backward.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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The greatest gift is a portion of thyself.

The greatest gift is a portion of thyself.

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 worst of charity is that the lives you are asked to preserve are not...

The worst of charity is that the lives you are asked to preserve are not...

For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind.

For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind.

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...

The only true gift is a portion of yourself.

The only true gift is a portion of yourself.

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

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

We talk of choosing our friends, but friends are self-elected

We talk of choosing our friends, but friends are self-elected

They can conquer who believe they can. He has not learned the first lesson in...

They can conquer who believe they can. He has not learned the first lesson in...

If we encounter a man of rare intellect, we should ask him what books he...

If we encounter a man of rare intellect, we should ask him what books he...

It is the quality of the moment, not the number of days, or events, or...

It is the quality of the moment, not the number of days, or events, or...

Life is a train of moods like a string of beads; and as we pass...

Life is a train of moods like a string of beads; and as we pass...

Earth laughs in flowers.

Earth laughs in flowers.

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

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

He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, And he who...

He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, And he who...

Great geniuses have the shortest biographies.

Great geniuses have the shortest biographies.

Everything in Nature contains all the powers of Nature. Everything is made of one hidden...

Everything in Nature contains all the powers of Nature. Everything is made of one hidden...

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

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

If it is true that the basic quest of man is freedom, the question we...

If it is true that the basic quest of man is freedom, the question we...

Freedom is the last, best hope of earth.

Freedom is the last, best hope of earth.

All that we are is the result of what we have thought.

All that we are is the result of what we have thought.