The profit of books is according to the sensibility of the reader. The profoundest thought or passion sleeps as in a mine, until an equal mind and heart finds and publishes it.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Spiritual force is stronger than material force; thoughts rule the world.

Spiritual force is stronger than material force; thoughts rule the world.

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...

The years teach much which the days never knew.

The years teach much which the days never knew.

A great man is always willing to be little.

A great man is always willing to be little.

Every artist was first an amateur.

Every artist was first an amateur.

It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be...

It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be...

Ideas must work through the brains and arms of good and brave men, or they...

Ideas must work through the brains and arms of good and brave men, or they...

Every man is a consumer, and ought to be a producer. He is by constitution...

Every man is a consumer, and ought to be a producer. He is by constitution...

To be simple is to be great

To be simple is to be great

Insist on yourself; never imitate.

Insist on yourself; never imitate.

It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be...

It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be...

A great part of courage is the courage of having done the thing before.

A great part of courage is the courage of having done the thing before.

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...

The sum of wisdom is that time is never lost that is devoted to work.

The sum of wisdom is that time is never lost that is devoted to work.

Men are respectable only as they respect

Men are respectable only as they respect

The poorest experience is rich enough for all the purposes of expressing thought

The poorest experience is rich enough for all the purposes of expressing thought

Necessity does everything well.

Necessity does everything well.

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

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

Friendship is a word, the very sight of which in print makes the heart warm.

Friendship is a word, the very sight of which in print makes the heart warm.

Remember, we all stumble, every one of us.That's why it is a comfort to go...

Remember, we all stumble, every one of us.That's why it is a comfort to go...

Real love hurts, real love makes you totally open and vulnerable. Real love will take...

Real love hurts, real love makes you totally open and vulnerable. Real love will take...