We aim above the mark to hit the mark.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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An Eastern poet, Ali Ben Abu Taleb, writes with sad truth, He who has a...

An Eastern poet, Ali Ben Abu Taleb, writes with sad truth, He who has a...

Our best thoughts come from others.

Our best thoughts come from others.

Nature always wears the colors of the spirit.

Nature always wears the colors of the spirit.

Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with...

Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with...

A friend is one before whom I may think aloud.

A friend is one before whom I may think aloud.

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

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

God screens us evermore from premature ideas.

God screens us evermore from premature ideas.

The greatest man in history was the poorest

The greatest man in history was the poorest

It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be...

It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be...

Curiosity is lying in wait for every secret.

Curiosity is lying in wait for every secret.

A man is a little thing while he works by and for himself; but when...

A man is a little thing while he works by and for himself; but when...

Each age, it is found, must write its own books; or rather, each generation for...

Each age, it is found, must write its own books; or rather, each generation for...

There is a blessed necessity by which the interest of men is always driving them...

There is a blessed necessity by which the interest of men is always driving them...

Friendship, like the immortality of the soul, is too good to be believed.

Friendship, like the immortality of the soul, is too good to be believed.

Great men are they who see that the spiritual is stronger than any material force,...

Great men are they who see that the spiritual is stronger than any material force,...

Better to be a nettle in the side of your friend than his echo.

Better to be a nettle in the side of your friend than his echo.

Men are respectable only as they respect

Men are respectable only as they respect

Do your work, but do your thing.

Do your work, but do your thing.

Utter originality is, of course, out of the question

Utter originality is, of course, out of the question

Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable.

Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable.

Writing is hard work and bad for the health.

Writing is hard work and bad for the health.