The method of nature: who could ever analyze it?

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Prosperity is something the businessmen created for politicians to take credit for

Prosperity is something the businessmen created for politicians to take credit for

Men are respectable only as they respect

Men are respectable only as they respect

We judge a man's wisdom by his hope.

We judge a man's wisdom by his hope.

I am treating you as my friend, asking you to share my present minuses in...

I am treating you as my friend, asking you to share my present minuses in...

Difficulties exist to be surmounted

Difficulties exist to be surmounted

Every hero becomes a bore at last.

Every hero becomes a bore at last.

Nothing external to you has any power over you.

Nothing external to you has any power over you.

No facts to me are sacred; none are profane.

No facts to me are sacred; none are profane.

Fate is nothing but the deeds committed in a prior state of existence.

Fate is nothing but the deeds committed in a prior state of existence.

Fate is nothing but the deeds committed in a prior state of existence.

Fate is nothing but the deeds committed in a prior state of existence.

Beauty without grace is the hook without the bait.

Beauty without grace is the hook without the bait.

All I have seen teaches me to trust the creator for all I have not...

All I have seen teaches me to trust the creator for all I have not...

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

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

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 rich only through what we give, and poor only through what we refuse.

We are rich only through what we give, and poor only through what we refuse.

Then beauty is its own excuse for being.

Then beauty is its own excuse for being.

The death of a dear friend, wife, brother, lover, which seemed nothing but privation, somewhat...

The death of a dear friend, wife, brother, lover, which seemed nothing but privation, somewhat...

Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes.

Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes.

Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds....

Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds....

Have common sense and stick to the point.

Have common sense and stick to the point.

Everyone is a genius at least once a year. The real geniuses simply have their...

Everyone is a genius at least once a year. The real geniuses simply have their...