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

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Men cease to interest us when we find their limitations

Men cease to interest us when we find their limitations

Pictures must not be too picturesque.

Pictures must not be too picturesque.

Books are the best of things if well used; if abused, among the worst. They...

Books are the best of things if well used; if abused, among the worst. They...

Every wall is a door.

Every wall is a door.

Nature always wears the colors of the spirit.

Nature always wears the colors of the spirit.

We acquire the strength we have overcome.

We acquire the strength we have overcome.

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

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

Wise men are not wise at all hours, and will speak five times from their...

Wise men are not wise at all hours, and will speak five times from their...

If you would lift me up you must be on higher ground.

If you would lift me up you must be on higher ground.

All sensible people are selfish, and nature is tugging at every contract to make the...

All sensible people are selfish, and nature is tugging at every contract to make the...

The beautiful rests on the foundations of the necessary

The beautiful rests on the foundations of the necessary

Judge of your natural character by what you do in your dreams.

Judge of your natural character by what you do in your dreams.

Wise men put their trust in ideas and not in circumstances

Wise men put their trust in ideas and not in circumstances

As soon as there is life, there is danger

As soon as there is life, there is danger

Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures.

Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures.

No one can cheat you out of ultimate success but yourself.

No one can cheat you out of ultimate success but yourself.

We change, whether we like it or not.

We change, whether we like it or not.

To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived - that is...

To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived - that is...

Nothing lasts for ever but the Earth and sky.

Nothing lasts for ever but the Earth and sky.

Death is life in reverse.

Death is life in reverse.