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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Every true man is a cause, a country, and an age; requires infinite spaces and...

Every true man is a cause, a country, and an age; requires infinite spaces and...

The reward of a thing well done is to have done it.

The reward of a thing well done is to have done it.

Love, and you shall be loved

Love, and you shall be loved

Patience and fortitude conquer all things

Patience and fortitude conquer all things

Don't be pushed by your problems. Be led by your dreams.

Don't be pushed by your problems. Be led by your dreams.

There is more difference in the quality of our pleasures than in the amount.

There is more difference in the quality of our pleasures than in the amount.

Pictures must not be too picturesque.

Pictures must not be too picturesque.

Who you are speaks so loudly I can't hear what you're saying.

Who you are speaks so loudly I can't hear what you're saying.

The secret of education lies in respecting the pupil.

The secret of education lies in respecting the pupil.

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

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

In the great books of India, an empire spoke to us, nothing small or unworthy,...

In the great books of India, an empire spoke to us, nothing small or unworthy,...

What torments of grief you endured, from evils that never arrived

What torments of grief you endured, from evils that never arrived

It is very unhappy, but too late to be helped, the discovery we have made,...

It is very unhappy, but too late to be helped, the discovery we have made,...

Thou art to me a delicious torment.

Thou art to me a delicious torment.

If there is any period one would desire to be born in, is it not...

If there is any period one would desire to be born in, is it not...

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...

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...

Difficulties exist to be surmounted

Difficulties exist to be surmounted

I have had many troubles in my life, but the worst of them never came

I have had many troubles in my life, but the worst of them never came

The surest way to hit a woman's heart is to take aim kneeling.

The surest way to hit a woman's heart is to take aim kneeling.