Self-sacrifice is the real miracle out of which all the reported miracles grow.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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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.

Speech is power: speech is to persuade, to convert, to compel

Speech is power: speech is to persuade, to convert, to compel

Evermore in the world is this marvelous balance of beauty and disgust, magnificence and rats

Evermore in the world is this marvelous balance of beauty and disgust, magnificence and rats

We must be our own before we can be another's.

We must be our own before we can be another's.

Every artist was first an amateur.

Every artist was first an amateur.

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.

Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string

Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string

The quality of the imagination is to flow and not to freeze

The quality of the imagination is to flow and not to freeze

Every actual State is corrupt. Good men must not obey laws too well.

Every actual State is corrupt. Good men must not obey laws too well.

Truth is beautiful within and without, forevermore

Truth is beautiful within and without, forevermore

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.

Every book is a quotation; and every house is a quotation out of all forests...

Every book is a quotation; and every house is a quotation out of all forests...

A man is a God in ruins.

A man is a God in ruins.

People only see what they are prepared to see.

People only see what they are prepared to see.

Next to the originator of a good sentence is the first quoter of it.

Next to the originator of a good sentence is the first quoter of it.

None of us will ever accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to...

None of us will ever accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to...

Night hovers all day in the boughs of the fir tree.

Night hovers all day in the boughs of the fir tree.

Every burned book enlightens the world.

Every burned book enlightens the world.

A book holds a house of gold

A book holds a house of gold

A book is good company. It is full of conversation without loquacity. It comes to...

A book is good company. It is full of conversation without loquacity. It comes to...