Some books leave us free and some books make us free.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Though love repine, and reason chafe, There came a voice without reply, - 'Tis man's...

Though love repine, and reason chafe, There came a voice without reply, - 'Tis man's...

Truth is handsomer than the affectation of love. Your goodness must have some edge to...

Truth is handsomer than the affectation of love. Your goodness must have some edge to...

Things are in the saddle, And ride mankind

Things are in the saddle, And ride mankind

Great men are they who see that the spiritual is stronger than any material force,...

Great men are they who see that the spiritual is stronger than any material force,...

A man is a god in ruins. When men are innocent, life shall be longer,...

A man is a god in ruins. When men are innocent, life shall be longer,...

Every man is a quotation from all his ancestors.

Every man is a quotation from all his ancestors.

The fox has many tricks. The hedgehog has but one. But that is the best...

The fox has many tricks. The hedgehog has but one. But that is the best...

There are no days in life so memorable as those which vibrated to some stroke...

There are no days in life so memorable as those which vibrated to some stroke...

Faith and love are apt to be spasmodic in the best minds. Men live the...

Faith and love are apt to be spasmodic in the best minds. Men live the...

Unhappy is the man whom man can make unhappy

Unhappy is the man whom man can make unhappy

Spiritual force is stronger than material force; thoughts rule the world.

Spiritual force is stronger than material force; thoughts rule the world.

I hate the giving of the hand unless the whole man accompanies it.

I hate the giving of the hand unless the whole man accompanies it.

The best effort of a fine person is felt after we have left their presence.

The best effort of a fine person is felt after we have left their presence.

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 greatest homage we can pay to truth is to use it.

The greatest homage we can pay to truth is to use it.

Getting old is a fascination thing. The older you get, the older you want to...

Getting old is a fascination thing. The older you get, the older you want to...

A nation never falls but by suicide

A nation never falls but by suicide

I like the silence of a church, before the service begins better than any preaching.

I like the silence of a church, before the service begins better than any preaching.

God made everything out of nothing, but the nothingness shows through.

God made everything out of nothing, but the nothingness shows through.

One man's religion is another man's belly laugh.

One man's religion is another man's belly laugh.