Use what language you will, you can never say anything but what you are.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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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...

So much of our time is preparation, so much is routine, and so much retrospect,...

So much of our time is preparation, so much is routine, and so much retrospect,...

We are always getting ready to live but never living.

We are always getting ready to live but never living.

Don't be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. The...

Don't be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. The...

Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures.

Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures.

No man ever prayed heartily without learning something.

No man ever prayed heartily without learning something.

When the act of reflection takes place in the mind, when we look at ourselves...

When the act of reflection takes place in the mind, when we look at ourselves...

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...

Every reform was once a private opinion, and when it shall be a private opinion...

Every reform was once a private opinion, and when it shall be a private opinion...

Everything in creation has its appointed painter or poet and remains in bondage like the...

Everything in creation has its appointed painter or poet and remains in bondage like the...

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.

America is another name for opportunity.

America is another name for opportunity.

Wisdom has its root in goodness, not goodness its root in wisdom.

Wisdom has its root in goodness, not goodness its root in wisdom.

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

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

A good intention clothes itself with power

A good intention clothes itself with power

To be simple is to be great

To be simple is to be great

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.

A day for toil, an hour for sport, but for a friend is life too...

A day for toil, an hour for sport, but for a friend is life too...

God-friendship is for God-worshipers; They are the ones he confides in.

God-friendship is for God-worshipers; They are the ones he confides in.

For the friendship of two, the patience of one is required.

For the friendship of two, the patience of one is required.

The only abnormality is the incapacity to love.

The only abnormality is the incapacity to love.