There are other measures of self-respect for a man, than the number of clean shirts he puts on every day.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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A chief event of life is the day in which we have encountered a mind...

A chief event of life is the day in which we have encountered a mind...

Night hovers all day in the boughs of the fir tree.

Night hovers all day in the boughs of the fir tree.

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.

Nothing external to you has any power over you.

Nothing external to you has any power over you.

Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with...

Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with...

This gives force to the strong -- that the multitude have no habit of self-reliance...

This gives force to the strong -- that the multitude have no habit of self-reliance...

As we grow old, the beauty steals inward.

As we grow old, the beauty steals inward.

Do the thing you fear, and the death of fear is certain

Do the thing you fear, and the death of fear is certain

There is a blessed necessity by which the interest of men is always driving them...

There is a blessed necessity by which the interest of men is always driving them...

There are as many pillows of illusion as flakes in a snow-storm. We wake from...

There are as many pillows of illusion as flakes in a snow-storm. We wake from...

So of cheerfulness, or a good temper, the more it is spent, the more it...

So of cheerfulness, or a good temper, the more it is spent, the more it...

I do then with my friends as I do with my books. I would have...

I do then with my friends as I do with my books. I would have...

An empire is an immense egotism.

An empire is an immense egotism.

Fate is nothing but the deeds committed in a prior state of existence.

Fate is nothing but the deeds committed in a prior state of existence.

We are by nature observers, and thereby learners. That is our permanent state.

We are by nature observers, and thereby learners. That is our permanent state.

War educates the senses, calls into action the will, perfects the physical constitution, brings men...

War educates the senses, calls into action the will, perfects the physical constitution, brings men...

The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common

The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common

Plants are the young of the world, vessels of health and vigor; but they grope...

Plants are the young of the world, vessels of health and vigor; but they grope...

Aromatic plants bestow no spicy fragrance while they grow; but crush'd or trodden to the...

Aromatic plants bestow no spicy fragrance while they grow; but crush'd or trodden to the...

A practical botanist will distinguish at the first glance the plant of the different quarters...

A practical botanist will distinguish at the first glance the plant of the different quarters...