The faith that stands on authority is not faith.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Every natural fact is a symbol of some spiritual fact.

Every natural fact is a symbol of some spiritual fact.

Beauty is an outward gift, which is seldom despised, except by those to whom it...

Beauty is an outward gift, which is seldom despised, except by those to whom it...

Give a boy address and accomplishments and you give him the mastery of palaces and...

Give a boy address and accomplishments and you give him the mastery of palaces and...

We but half express ourselves, and are ashamed of that divine idea which each of...

We but half express ourselves, and are ashamed of that divine idea which each of...

Men admire the man who can organize their wishes and thoughts in stone and wood...

Men admire the man who can organize their wishes and thoughts in stone and wood...

The reward of a thing well done is to have done it.

The reward of a thing well done is to have done it.

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...

I hate the giving of the hand unless the whole man accompanies it.

I hate the giving of the hand unless the whole man accompanies it.

Do the thing you fear, and the death of fear is certain.

Do the thing you fear, and the death of fear is certain.

The prayer of the farmer kneeling in his field to weed it, the prayer of...

The prayer of the farmer kneeling in his field to weed it, the prayer of...

Wherever there is power there is age.

Wherever there is power there is age.

Fear defeats more people than any other one thing in the world.

Fear defeats more people than any other one thing in the world.

The moment we indulge our affections, the earth is metamorphosed, there is no winter and...

The moment we indulge our affections, the earth is metamorphosed, there is no winter and...

There are books which take rank in your life with parents and lovers and passionate...

There are books which take rank in your life with parents and lovers and passionate...

Even miracles take a little time

Even miracles take a little time

Every known fact in natural science was divined by the presentiment of somebody, before it...

Every known fact in natural science was divined by the presentiment of somebody, before it...

Between stimulus and response is our greatest power - the freedom to choose

Between stimulus and response is our greatest power - the freedom to choose

If I have lost confidence in myself, I have the universe against me.

If I have lost confidence in myself, I have the universe against me.

Most of the shadows of life are caused by standing in our own sunshine.

Most of the shadows of life are caused by standing in our own sunshine.

We should every night call ourselves to an account; What infirmity have I mastered today?...

We should every night call ourselves to an account; What infirmity have I mastered today?...