The method of nature: who could ever analyze it?

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes.

Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes.

If you would lift me up you must be on higher ground.

If you would lift me up you must be on higher ground.

We judge of man's wisdom by his hope

We judge of man's wisdom by his hope

The value of a dollar is social, as it is created by society.

The value of a dollar is social, as it is created by society.

Our best thoughts come from others.

Our best thoughts come from others.

Skepticism? Yes, but a saint is a skeptic once in twenty-four hours.

Skepticism? Yes, but a saint is a skeptic once in twenty-four hours.

Science does not know its debt to imagination.

Science does not know its debt to imagination.

What you are comes to you.

What you are comes to you.

The selfish man suffers more from his selfishness than he from whom that selfishness withholds...

The selfish man suffers more from his selfishness than he from whom that selfishness withholds...

Do not go where the path may lead; go instead where there is no path...

Do not go where the path may lead; go instead where there is no path...

Give all to love; obey thy heart.

Give all to love; obey thy heart.

Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air¦

Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air¦

Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, and not merely the...

Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, and not merely the...

Trust instinct to the end, even though you can give no reason.

Trust instinct to the end, even though you can give no reason.

Fear not, then, thou child infirm; There's no god dare wrong a worm

Fear not, then, thou child infirm; There's no god dare wrong a worm

Nature hates calculators.

Nature hates calculators.

In skating over thin ice our safety is in our speed.

In skating over thin ice our safety is in our speed.

There is an optical illusion about every person we meet.

There is an optical illusion about every person we meet.

Men love to wonder, and that is the seed of science.

Men love to wonder, and that is the seed of science.

Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path...

Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path...