The first farmer was the first man, and all historic nobility rests on possession and use of land.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Give all to love; obey thy heart

Give all to love; obey thy heart

Books are for nothing but to inspire

Books are for nothing but to inspire

A man cannot speak but he judges himself

A man cannot speak but he judges himself

Judge of your natural character by what you do in your dreams.

Judge of your natural character by what you do in your dreams.

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...

Knowledge is knowing that we cannot know.

Knowledge is knowing that we cannot know.

Great men are they who see that spiritual is stronger than any material force -...

Great men are they who see that spiritual is stronger than any material force -...

Nothing can bring you happiness but yourself.

Nothing can bring you happiness but yourself.

Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you.

Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you.

Truth, and goodness, and beauty, are but different faces of the same All

Truth, and goodness, and beauty, are but different faces of the same All

We are by nature observers, and thereby learners. That is our permanent state.

We are by nature observers, and thereby learners. That is our permanent state.

How painful to give a gift to any person of sensibility, or of equality! It...

How painful to give a gift to any person of sensibility, or of equality! It...

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.

All mankind love a lover.

All mankind love a lover.

Nature is too thin a screen; the glory of the omnipresent God bursts through everywhere

Nature is too thin a screen; the glory of the omnipresent God bursts through everywhere

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

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

The end of the human race will be that it will eventually die of civilization.

The end of the human race will be that it will eventually die of civilization.

Speech is power: speech is to persuade, to convert, to compel

Speech is power: speech is to persuade, to convert, to compel

Commencement oratory must eschew anything that smacks of partisan politics, political preference, sex, religion or...

Commencement oratory must eschew anything that smacks of partisan politics, political preference, sex, religion or...

I don't think, in all the years I managed them, I ever spoke more than...

I don't think, in all the years I managed them, I ever spoke more than...