We are by nature observers, and thereby learners. That is our permanent state.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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The value of a principle is the number of things it will explain; and there...

The value of a principle is the number of things it will explain; and there...

Nobody can bring you peace but yourself.

Nobody can bring you peace but yourself.

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...

A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.

A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.

Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, and not merely the...

Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, and not merely the...

When a man is pushed, tormented, defeated, he has a chance to learn something

When a man is pushed, tormented, defeated, he has a chance to learn something

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

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

Life consists in what a man is thinking of all day.

Life consists in what a man is thinking of all day.

I would have the studies elective. Scholarship is to be created not by compulsion, but...

I would have the studies elective. Scholarship is to be created not by compulsion, but...

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

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

A friend might well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.

A friend might well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.

There are other measures of self-respect for a man, than the number of clean shirts...

There are other measures of self-respect for a man, than the number of clean shirts...

Even miracles take a little time

Even miracles take a little time

Getting old is a fascination thing. The older you get, the older you want to...

Getting old is a fascination thing. The older you get, the older you want to...

Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air¦

Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air¦

To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else...

To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else...

If I have lost confidence in myself, I have the universe against me.

If I have lost confidence in myself, I have the universe against me.

For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.

For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.

We all need money, but there are degrees of desperation.

We all need money, but there are degrees of desperation.

The sanitary and mechanical age we are now entering makes up for the mercy it...

The sanitary and mechanical age we are now entering makes up for the mercy it...

Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to...

Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to...