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

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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It takes a good deal of character to judge a person by his future instead...

It takes a good deal of character to judge a person by his future instead...

I hate quotation. Tell me what you know.

I hate quotation. Tell me what you know.

We acquire the strength we have overcome.

We acquire the strength we have overcome.

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;...

People only see what they are prepared to see.

People only see what they are prepared to see.

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...

Go oft to the house of thy friend, for weeds choke the unused path.

Go oft to the house of thy friend, for weeds choke the unused path.

A man is a little thing while he works by and for himself; but when...

A man is a little thing while he works by and for himself; but when...

Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures.

Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures.

Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we...

Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we...

I have no hostility to nature, but a child's love to it. I expand and...

I have no hostility to nature, but a child's love to it. I expand and...

Spiritual force is stronger than material force; thoughts rule the world.

Spiritual force is stronger than material force; thoughts rule the world.

Every wall is a door.

Every wall is a door.

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.

You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will...

You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will...

Every man I meet is in some way my superior.

Every man I meet is in some way my superior.

How painful to give a gift to any person of sensibility, or of equality! It...

How painful to give a gift to any person of sensibility, or of equality! It...

Skill to do comes of doing

Skill to do comes of doing

Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness.

Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness.

Leisure and curiosity might soon make great advances in useful knowledge, were they not diverted...

Leisure and curiosity might soon make great advances in useful knowledge, were they not diverted...