The faith that stands on authority is not faith.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Every revolution was first a thought in one man's mind

Every revolution was first a thought in one man's mind

Democracy becomes a government of bullies tempered by editors.

Democracy becomes a government of bullies tempered by editors.

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.

Talent finds its models, methods, and ends in society, exists for exhibition, and goes to...

Talent finds its models, methods, and ends in society, exists for exhibition, and goes to...

Things are in the saddle, And ride mankind

Things are in the saddle, And ride mankind

As the Sandwich-Islander believes that the strength and valor of the enemy he kills passes...

As the Sandwich-Islander believes that the strength and valor of the enemy he kills passes...

I have no hostility to nature, but a child's love to it. I expand and...

I have no hostility to nature, but a child's love to it. I expand and...

If thou fill thy brain with Boston and New York, with fashion and covetousness, and...

If thou fill thy brain with Boston and New York, with fashion and covetousness, and...

If the stars should appear but one night every thousand years how man would marvel...

If the stars should appear but one night every thousand years how man would marvel...

God may forgive sins, he said, but awkwardness has no forgiveness in heaven or earth

God may forgive sins, he said, but awkwardness has no forgiveness in heaven or earth

There is no beautifier of complexion, or form, or behaviour, like the wish to scatter...

There is no beautifier of complexion, or form, or behaviour, like the wish to scatter...

There is then creative reading as well as creative writing

There is then creative reading as well as creative writing

People do not seem to realize that their opinion of the world is also a...

People do not seem to realize that their opinion of the world is also a...

One of the most wonderful things in nature is a glance of the eye; it...

One of the most wonderful things in nature is a glance of the eye; it...

None shall rule but the humble, And none but Toil shall have

None shall rule but the humble, And none but Toil shall have

It is my desire, in the office of a Christian minister, to do nothing which...

It is my desire, in the office of a Christian minister, to do nothing which...

Talent alone cannot make a writer. There must be a man behind the book; a...

Talent alone cannot make a writer. There must be a man behind the book; a...

What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have never been discovered.

What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have never been discovered.

The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.

The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.

When we quarrel, how we wish we had been blameless.

When we quarrel, how we wish we had been blameless.