Thought is the blossom; language the bud; action the fruit behind it.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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All history is a record of the power of minorities, and of minorities of one

All history is a record of the power of minorities, and of minorities of one

Good men must not obey the laws too well.

Good men must not obey the laws too well.

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...

We but half express ourselves, and are ashamed of that divine idea which each of...

We but half express ourselves, and are ashamed of that divine idea which each of...

Sometimes a scream is better than a thesis.

Sometimes a scream is better than a thesis.

The real and lasting victories are those of peace, and not of war.

The real and lasting victories are those of peace, and not of war.

Can anything be so elegant as to have few wants, and to serve them one's...

Can anything be so elegant as to have few wants, and to serve them one's...

Consider what you have in the smallest chosen library: a company of the wisest and...

Consider what you have in the smallest chosen library: a company of the wisest and...

A man is the whole encyclopedia of facts.

A man is the whole encyclopedia of facts.

There are books which take rank in your life with parents and lovers and passionate...

There are books which take rank in your life with parents and lovers and passionate...

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...

Little minds have little worries, big minds have no time for worries.

Little minds have little worries, big minds have no time for worries.

How much of human life is lost in waiting.

How much of human life is lost in waiting.

We judge of man's wisdom by his hope

We judge of man's wisdom by his hope

Society is always taken by surprise at any new example of common sense.

Society is always taken by surprise at any new example of common sense.

It was high counsel that I once heard given to a young person, 'always do...

It was high counsel that I once heard given to a young person, 'always do...

Love not the flower they pluck and know it not, And all their botany is...

Love not the flower they pluck and know it not, And all their botany is...

Make yourself necessary to somebody.

Make yourself necessary to somebody.

Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path...

Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path...

Fine manners need the support of fine manners in others.

Fine manners need the support of fine manners in others.