We aim above the mark to hit the mark.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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No man ever prayed heartily without learning something.

No man ever prayed heartily without learning something.

Some books leave us free and some books make us free.

Some books leave us free and some books make us free.

Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. The prize will not be...

Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. The prize will not be...

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...

What torments of grief you endured, from evils that never arrived

What torments of grief you endured, from evils that never arrived

Passion, though a bad regulator, is a powerful spring

Passion, though a bad regulator, is a powerful spring

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

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

Good men must not obey the laws too well.

Good men must not obey the laws too well.

Each man takes care that his neighbor shall not cheat him. But a day comes...

Each man takes care that his neighbor shall not cheat him. But a day comes...

Every hero becomes a bore at last.

Every hero becomes a bore at last.

Do what you are afraid to do

Do what you are afraid to do

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...

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

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

The civilized man has built a coach, but has lost the use of his feet.

The civilized man has built a coach, but has lost the use of his feet.

Poverty, Frost, Famine, Rain, Disease, are the beadles and guardsmen that hold us to Common...

Poverty, Frost, Famine, Rain, Disease, are the beadles and guardsmen that hold us to Common...

We lie in the lap of immense intelligence.

We lie in the lap of immense intelligence.

A man is a God in ruins.

A man is a God in ruins.

Our faith comes in moments; our vice is habitual.

Our faith comes in moments; our vice is habitual.

The sky is the daily bread of the eyes.

The sky is the daily bread of the eyes.

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

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