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

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Judge of your natural character by what you do in your dreams.

Judge of your natural character by what you do in your dreams.

Hitch your wagon to a star.

Hitch your wagon to a star.

Culture is one thing and varnish is another.

Culture is one thing and varnish is another.

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...

We must be our own before we can be another's.

We must be our own before we can be another's.

Every fact is related on one side to sensation, and, on the other, to morals....

Every fact is related on one side to sensation, and, on the other, to morals....

Religion is to do right. It is to love, it is to serve, it is...

Religion is to do right. It is to love, it is to serve, it is...

Be as beneficent as the sun or the sea, but if your rights as a...

Be as beneficent as the sun or the sea, but if your rights as a...

Children are all foreigners.

Children are all foreigners.

Do not believe that possibly you can escape the reward of your action.

Do not believe that possibly you can escape the reward of your action.

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...

Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string

Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string

The health of the eye seems to demand a horizon. We are never tired, so...

The health of the eye seems to demand a horizon. We are never tired, so...

All diseases run into one, old age.

All diseases run into one, old age.

The reason why all men honor love is because it looks up, and not down;...

The reason why all men honor love is because it looks up, and not down;...

Every book is a quotation; and every house is a quotation out of all forests...

Every book is a quotation; and every house is a quotation out of all forests...

Whenever you are sincerely pleased you are nourished.

Whenever you are sincerely pleased you are nourished.

Life wastes itself while we are preparing to live.

Life wastes itself while we are preparing to live.

Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live...

Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live...

Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses...

Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses...