The disease with which the human mind now labors is want of faith

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Science does not know its debt to imagination.

Science does not know its debt to imagination.

Finish every day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some...

Finish every day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some...

The power of love, as the basis of a State, has never been tried.

The power of love, as the basis of a State, has never been tried.

When a man is pushed, tormented, defeated, he has a chance to learn something

When a man is pushed, tormented, defeated, he has a chance to learn something

There is a tendency for things to right themselves.

There is a tendency for things to right themselves.

Friendship, like the immortality of the soul, is too good to be believed.

Friendship, like the immortality of the soul, is too good to be believed.

Friends, such as we desire, are dreams and fables.

Friends, such as we desire, are dreams and fables.

Good and bad are but names very readily transferable to that or this; the only...

Good and bad are but names very readily transferable to that or this; the only...

Every man in his lifetime needs to thank his faults.

Every man in his lifetime needs to thank his faults.

A man is a little thing while he works by and for himself; but when...

A man is a little thing while he works by and for himself; but when...

People only see what they are prepared to see.

People only see what they are prepared to see.

There are as many pillows of illusion as flakes in a snow-storm. We wake from...

There are as many pillows of illusion as flakes in a snow-storm. We wake from...

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...

If there is any period one would desire to be born in, is it not...

If there is any period one would desire to be born in, is it not...

Fame is proof that people are gullible

Fame is proof that people are gullible

Nature is no spendthrift, but takes the shortest way to her ends

Nature is no spendthrift, but takes the shortest way to her ends

Wherever there is power there is age.

Wherever there is power there is age.

The only reward of virtue is virtue; the only way to have a friend is...

The only reward of virtue is virtue; the only way to have a friend is...

Whoever loves a pure heart and gracious speech will have the king as a friend.

Whoever loves a pure heart and gracious speech will have the king as a friend.

My best friends are books, I can easily read them and take them wherever I...

My best friends are books, I can easily read them and take them wherever I...

It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is...

It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is...