There are books which take rank in your life with parents and lovers and passionate experiences, so medicinal, so stringent, so revolutionary, so authoritative.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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A cynic can chill and dishearten with a single word

A cynic can chill and dishearten with a single word

Speak less. Say more. whaywardj

Speak less. Say more. whaywardj

They (the days) come and go like muffled and veiled figures sent from a distant...

They (the days) come and go like muffled and veiled figures sent from a distant...

We judge of man's wisdom by his hope

We judge of man's wisdom by his hope

Wise men are not wise at all hours, and will speak five times from their...

Wise men are not wise at all hours, and will speak five times from their...

Health is the first muse, and sleep is the condition to produce it

Health is the first muse, and sleep is the condition to produce it

The highest revelation is that God is in every man.

The highest revelation is that God is in every man.

Trust your instinct to the end, though you can render no reason.

Trust your instinct to the end, though you can render no reason.

Flowers are the earth laughing.

Flowers are the earth laughing.

A creative economy is the fuel of magnificence

A creative economy is the fuel of magnificence

Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you.

Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you.

A man is a method, a progressive arrangement; a selecting principle, gathering his like to...

A man is a method, a progressive arrangement; a selecting principle, gathering his like to...

What's a book? Everything or nothing. The eye that sees it all.

What's a book? Everything or nothing. The eye that sees it all.

A man builds a fine house; and now he has a master, and a task...

A man builds a fine house; and now he has a master, and a task...

Great hearts steadily send forth the secret forces that incessantly draw great events.

Great hearts steadily send forth the secret forces that incessantly draw great events.

An empire is an immense egotism.

An empire is an immense egotism.

We do not yet possess ourselves, and we know at the same time that we...

We do not yet possess ourselves, and we know at the same time that we...

Books are the best of things if well used; if abused, among the worst. They...

Books are the best of things if well used; if abused, among the worst. They...

Books are the best of things if well used; if abused, among the worst. They...

Books are the best of things if well used; if abused, among the worst. They...

Most of us who turn to any subject we love remember some morning or evening...

Most of us who turn to any subject we love remember some morning or evening...