The mind does not create what it perceives, any more than the eye creates the rose

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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...truth is handsomer than the affectation of love. Your goodness must have some edge to...

...truth is handsomer than the affectation of love. Your goodness must have some edge to...

We all boil at different degrees

We all boil at different degrees

The value of a principle is the number of things it will explain; and there...

The value of a principle is the number of things it will explain; and there...

He who is in love is wise and is becoming wiser, sees newly every time...

He who is in love is wise and is becoming wiser, sees newly every time...

The education of the will is the object of our existence.

The education of the will is the object of our existence.

A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere. Before him, I may...

A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere. Before him, I may...

Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.

Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.

For every benefit you receive a tax is levied.

For every benefit you receive a tax is levied.

Sprinkle joy.

Society is always taken by surprise at any new example of common sense.

Society is always taken by surprise at any new example of common sense.

A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is braver five minutes...

A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is braver five minutes...

Fame is proof that people are gullible

Fame is proof that people are gullible

Every man I meet is in some way my superior.

Every man I meet is in some way my superior.

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.

There can be no high civility without a deep morality

There can be no high civility without a deep morality

There are no days in life so memorable as those which vibrated to some stroke...

There are no days in life so memorable as those which vibrated to some stroke...

All promise outruns performance.

All promise outruns performance.

No change of circumstances can repair a defect of character.

No change of circumstances can repair a defect of character.

Give me a stock clerk with a goal and I'll give you a man who...

Give me a stock clerk with a goal and I'll give you a man who...

The time to change was yesterday; the time to wake up is now.

The time to change was yesterday; the time to wake up is now.