Truth is handsomer than the affectation of love. Your goodness must have some edge to it, else it is none.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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It is not length of life, but depth of life.

It is not length of life, but depth of life.

Friends, such as we desire, are dreams and fables.

Friends, such as we desire, are dreams and fables.

The power, which resides in man, is new in nature, and none but he knows...

The power, which resides in man, is new in nature, and none but he knows...

Thou art to me a delicious torment.

Thou art to me a delicious torment.

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

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

Do your work, but do your thing.

Do your work, but do your thing.

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

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

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.

Let us be silent, that we may hear the whispers of the gods.

Let us be silent, that we may hear the whispers of the gods.

If everything else fails, read the instructions

If everything else fails, read the instructions

Earth laughs in flowers.

Earth laughs in flowers.

Truth, and goodness, and beauty, are but different faces of the same All

Truth, and goodness, and beauty, are but different faces of the same All

We gain the strength of the temptation we resist.

We gain the strength of the temptation we resist.

The best part of health is fine disposition

The best part of health is fine disposition

What you are comes to you.

What you are comes to you.

With the past, I have nothing to do; nor with the future. I live now.

With the past, I have nothing to do; nor with the future. I live now.

A friend is one before whom I may think aloud.

A friend is one before whom I may think aloud.

If the single man plant himself indomitably on his instincts, and there abide, the huge...

If the single man plant himself indomitably on his instincts, and there abide, the huge...

I wish I could show you when you are lonely or in darkness the astonishing...

I wish I could show you when you are lonely or in darkness the astonishing...

You are not a beautiful and unique snowflake. You are the same decaying organic matter...

You are not a beautiful and unique snowflake. You are the same decaying organic matter...

Setting an example is not the main means of influencing another, it is the only...

Setting an example is not the main means of influencing another, it is the only...

If someone in your life talked to you the way you talk to yourself, you...

If someone in your life talked to you the way you talk to yourself, you...

Intuition is the clear conception of the whole at once.

Intuition is the clear conception of the whole at once.