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

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Wherever there is power there is age.

Wherever there is power there is age.

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...

Self-trust is the essence of heroism

Self-trust is the essence of heroism

For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.

For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.

The only reward of virtue is virtue; the only way to have a friend is...

The only reward of virtue is virtue; the only way to have a friend is...

When we quarrel, how we wish we had been blameless.

When we quarrel, how we wish we had been blameless.

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...

Society is a hospital of incurables.

Society is a hospital of incurables.

For me, commerce is of trivial import; love, faith, truth of character, the aspiration of...

For me, commerce is of trivial import; love, faith, truth of character, the aspiration of...

We are rich only through what we give, and poor only through what we refuse.

We are rich only through what we give, and poor only through what we refuse.

Ideas must work through the brains and the arms of good and brave, or they...

Ideas must work through the brains and the arms of good and brave, or they...

The value of a principle is the number of things it will explain.

The value of a principle is the number of things it will explain.

A good indignation brings out all one's powers.

A good indignation brings out all one's powers.

A man is related to all nature.

A man is related to all nature.

Men love to wonder, and that is the seed of science.

Men love to wonder, and that is the seed of science.

Win as if you were used to it, lose as if you enjoyed it for...

Win as if you were used to it, lose as if you enjoyed it for...

We see God face to face every hour, and know the savor of Nature.

We see God face to face every hour, and know the savor of Nature.

Always do what you are afraid to do.

Always do what you are afraid to do.

You can't operate a company by fear, because the way to eliminate fear is to...

You can't operate a company by fear, because the way to eliminate fear is to...

He who studies MA in English Literature but fears the name Shakespeare is one who...

He who studies MA in English Literature but fears the name Shakespeare is one who...

Earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust; in sure and certain hope of...

Earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust; in sure and certain hope of...