Talent alone cannot make a writer. There must be a man behind the book; a personality which, by birth and quality, is pledged to the doctrines there set forth, and which exists to see and state things so, and not…

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Common sense is as rare as genius, - is the basis of genius

Common sense is as rare as genius, - is the basis of genius

Cause and effect are two sides of one fact.

Cause and effect are two sides of one fact.

Peace cannot be achieved through violence, it can only be attained through understanding.

Peace cannot be achieved through violence, it can only be attained through understanding.

Proverbs, like the sacred books of each nation, are the sanctuary of the intuitions.

Proverbs, like the sacred books of each nation, are the sanctuary of the intuitions.

Each man takes care that his neighbor shall not cheat him. But a day comes...

Each man takes care that his neighbor shall not cheat him. But a day comes...

A woman's beauty is not a gift to man - only a bribe

A woman's beauty is not a gift to man - only a bribe

Discontent is want of self-reliance; it is infirmity of will

Discontent is want of self-reliance; it is infirmity of will

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...

Happiness is just an illusion caused by the temporary absence of reality.

Happiness is just an illusion caused by the temporary absence of reality.

A man's growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends.

A man's growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends.

Do not go where the path may lead; go instead where there is no path...

Do not go where the path may lead; go instead where there is no path...

For every benefit you receive a tax is levied.

For every benefit you receive a tax is levied.

I am; therefore, I had nothing better to do than to think.

I am; therefore, I had nothing better to do than to think.

For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.

For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.

When the act of reflection takes place in the mind, when we look at ourselves...

When the act of reflection takes place in the mind, when we look at ourselves...

Love not the flower they pluck and know it not, And all their botany is...

Love not the flower they pluck and know it not, And all their botany is...

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

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

Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.

Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.

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...

Trust your instinct to the end, though you can render no reason.

Trust your instinct to the end, though you can render no reason.