Speech is power: speech is to persuade, to convert, to compel. It is to bring another out of his bad sense into your good sense.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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If I have lost confidence in myself, I have the universe against me.

If I have lost confidence in myself, I have the universe against me.

The method of nature: who could ever analyze it?

The method of nature: who could ever analyze it?

The greatest difficulty is that men do not think enough of themselves, do not consider...

The greatest difficulty is that men do not think enough of themselves, do not consider...

The desire of gold is not for gold. It is for the means of freedom...

The desire of gold is not for gold. It is for the means of freedom...

We are always getting ready to live but never living.

We are always getting ready to live but never living.

Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes.

Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes.

Sometimes a scream is better than a thesis.

Sometimes a scream is better than a thesis.

Love is one of those jokes you have to be there to get.

Love is one of those jokes you have to be there to get.

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.

Society is a hospital of incurables.

Society is a hospital of incurables.

A man is the whole encyclopedia of facts.

A man is the whole encyclopedia of facts.

Our high respect for a well-read man is praise enough of literature

Our high respect for a well-read man is praise enough of literature

Every known fact in natural science was divined by the presentiment of somebody, before it...

Every known fact in natural science was divined by the presentiment of somebody, before it...

Every man alone is sincere. At the entrance of a second person, hypocrisy begins.

Every man alone is sincere. At the entrance of a second person, hypocrisy begins.

For everything you have missed, you have gained something else, and for everything you gain,...

For everything you have missed, you have gained something else, and for everything you gain,...

Between eighteen and twenty, life is like an exchange where one buys stocks, not with...

Between eighteen and twenty, life is like an exchange where one buys stocks, not with...

We aim above the mark to hit the mark.

We aim above the mark to hit the mark.

No change of circumstances can repair a defect of character.

No change of circumstances can repair a defect of character.

Change is the law of life and those who look only to the past or...

Change is the law of life and those who look only to the past or...

People come and go, but in the end, that's life.

People come and go, but in the end, that's life.