The death of a dear friend, wife, brother, lover, which seemed nothing but privation, somewhat later assumes the aspect of a guide or genius; for it commonly operates revolutions in our way of life, terminates an epoch of infancy or…

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Nature and Books belong to the eyes that see them.

Nature and Books belong to the eyes that see them.

It requires a great deal of boldness and a great deal of caution to make...

It requires a great deal of boldness and a great deal of caution to make...

A good indignation brings out all one's powers.

A good indignation brings out all one's powers.

Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.

Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.

The ancestor of every action is a thought.

The ancestor of every action is a thought.

Life is short, but there is always time enough for courtesy.

Life is short, but there is always time enough for courtesy.

The world is all gates, all opportunities, strings of tension waiting to be struck.

The world is all gates, all opportunities, strings of tension waiting to be struck.

Sometimes a scream is better than a thesis.

Sometimes a scream is better than a thesis.

Fate is nothing but the deeds committed in a prior state of existence.

Fate is nothing but the deeds committed in a prior state of existence.

They (the days) come and go like muffled and veiled figures sent from a distant...

They (the days) come and go like muffled and veiled figures sent from a distant...

Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we...

Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we...

Can anything be so elegant as to have few wants, and to serve them one's...

Can anything be so elegant as to have few wants, and to serve them one's...

Every man passes his life in the search after friendship.

Every man passes his life in the search after friendship.

A great man is always willing to be little.

A great man is always willing to be little.

Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experience.

Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experience.

Nothing external to you has any power over you.

Nothing external to you has any power over you.

The art of getting rich consists not in industry, much less in saving, but in...

The art of getting rich consists not in industry, much less in saving, but in...

Go often to the house of thy friend, for weeds choke the unused path.

Go often to the house of thy friend, for weeds choke the unused path.

We call that person who has lost his father, an orphan; and a widower that...

We call that person who has lost his father, an orphan; and a widower that...

Friendship consists in forgetting what one gives, and remembering what one receives.

Friendship consists in forgetting what one gives, and remembering what one receives.

You have not chosen one another, but I have chosen you for one another.

You have not chosen one another, but I have chosen you for one another.