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

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Getting old is a fascination thing. The older you get, the older you want to...

Getting old is a fascination thing. The older you get, the older you want to...

Love not the flower they pluck and know it not, And all their botany is...

Love not the flower they pluck and know it not, And all their botany is...

Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string

Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string

The faith that stands on authority is not faith.

The faith that stands on authority is not faith.

Do not waste yourself in rejection; do not bark against the bad, but chant the...

Do not waste yourself in rejection; do not bark against the bad, but chant the...

As soon as there is life there is danger.

As soon as there is life there is danger.

For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind.

For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind.

Write it on your heart that every day is the best day of the year.

Write it on your heart that every day is the best day of the year.

The world is all gates, all opportunities, strings of tension waiting to be struck.

The world is all gates, all opportunities, strings of tension waiting to be struck.

Science does not know its debt to imagination.

Science does not know its debt to imagination.

Culture, with us, ends in headache

Culture, with us, ends in headache

We gain the strength of the temptation we resist.

We gain the strength of the temptation we resist.

Enthusiasm is the leaping lightning, not to be measured by the horse-power of the understanding.

Enthusiasm is the leaping lightning, not to be measured by the horse-power of the understanding.

Every man is a channel through which heaven floweth

Every man is a channel through which heaven floweth

If government knew how, I should like to see it check, not multiply, the population....

If government knew how, I should like to see it check, not multiply, the population....

Passion rebuilds the world for the youth. It makes all things alive and significant.

Passion rebuilds the world for the youth. It makes all things alive and significant.

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,...

Necessity does everything well.

Necessity does everything well.

Necessity is blind until it becomes conscious. Freedom is the consciousness of necessity.

Necessity is blind until it becomes conscious. Freedom is the consciousness of necessity.

When I'm living in the world of luxury and celebrity, which is where I found...

When I'm living in the world of luxury and celebrity, which is where I found...