We are born believing. A man bears beliefs as a tree bears apples.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Every man is a quotation from all his ancestors.

Every man is a quotation from all his ancestors.

The martyr cannot be dishonored. Every lash inflicted is a tongue of fame; every prison...

The martyr cannot be dishonored. Every lash inflicted is a tongue of fame; every prison...

The desire of gold is not for gold. It is for the means of freedom...

The desire of gold is not for gold. It is for the means of freedom...

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.

The pleasure of life is according to the man who lives it, and not according...

The pleasure of life is according to the man who lives it, and not according...

The torpid artist seeks inspiration at any cost, by virtue or by vice, by friend...

The torpid artist seeks inspiration at any cost, by virtue or by vice, by friend...

No one can cheat you out of ultimate success but yourself.

No one can cheat you out of ultimate success but yourself.

There is no beautifier of complexion, or form, or behaviour, like the wish to scatter...

There is no beautifier of complexion, or form, or behaviour, like the wish to scatter...

Flowers... are a proud assertion that a ray of beauty outvalues all the utilities of...

Flowers... are a proud assertion that a ray of beauty outvalues all the utilities of...

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

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

Love is one of those jokes you have to be there to get.

Love is one of those jokes you have to be there to get.

Nature and Books belong to the eyes that see them.

Nature and Books belong to the eyes that see them.

In the great books of India, an empire spoke to us, nothing small or unworthy,...

In the great books of India, an empire spoke to us, nothing small or unworthy,...

We change, whether we like it or not

We change, whether we like it or not

Science does not know its debt to imagination.

Science does not know its debt to imagination.

One of the most wonderful things in nature is a glance of the eye; it...

One of the most wonderful things in nature is a glance of the eye; it...

Insist on yourself; never imitate.

Insist on yourself; never imitate.

Society is a masked ball, where every one hides his real character, and reveals it...

Society is a masked ball, where every one hides his real character, and reveals it...

There are things in that paper that nobody knows but me, or ever will. Behind...

There are things in that paper that nobody knows but me, or ever will. Behind...

Like its politicians and its war, society has the teenagers it deserves

Like its politicians and its war, society has the teenagers it deserves