We are always getting ready to live but never living.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, Nor the kindly smile nor the...

The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, Nor the kindly smile nor the...

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

None shall rule but the humble, And none but Toil shall have

None shall rule but the humble, And none but Toil shall have

Enthusiasm is the leaping lightning, not to be measured by the horse-power of the understanding.

Enthusiasm is the leaping lightning, not to be measured by the horse-power of the understanding.

In the morning a man walks with his whole body; in the evening, only with...

In the morning a man walks with his whole body; in the evening, only with...

The search after the great men is the dream of youth, and the most serious...

The search after the great men is the dream of youth, and the most serious...

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...

All the thoughts of a turtle are turtle

All the thoughts of a turtle are turtle

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...

Knowledge exists to be imparted

Knowledge exists to be imparted

A good intention clothes itself with power

A good intention clothes itself with power

Concentration is the secret of strengths in politics, in war, in trade, in short in...

Concentration is the secret of strengths in politics, in war, in trade, in short in...

Write it on your heart that every day is the best day of the year.

Write it on your heart that every day is the best day of the year.

If we encounter a man of rare intellect, we should ask him what books he...

If we encounter a man of rare intellect, we should ask him what books he...

Language is fossil poetry

Language is fossil poetry

How much of human life is lost in waiting.

How much of human life is lost in waiting.

Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.

Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.

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...

Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of...

Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of...

Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death.

Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death.

Do you want to know a good way to fall in love? Just associate all...

Do you want to know a good way to fall in love? Just associate all...