We are rich only through what we give, and poor only through what we refuse.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Great geniuses have the shortest biographies.

Great geniuses have the shortest biographies.

Each man is a hero and an oracle to somebody

Each man is a hero and an oracle to somebody

Death comes to all, but great achievements build a monument which shall endure until the...

Death comes to all, but great achievements build a monument which shall endure until the...

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

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

Truth is the property of no individual but is the treasure of all men.

Truth is the property of no individual but is the treasure of all men.

Fear defeats more people than any other one thing in the world.

Fear defeats more people than any other one thing in the world.

Religion is to do right. It is to love, it is to serve, it is...

Religion is to do right. It is to love, it is to serve, it is...

Happy is the hearing man; unhappy the speaking man.

Happy is the hearing man; unhappy the speaking man.

Nature is too thin a screen; the glory of the omnipresent God bursts through everywhere

Nature is too thin a screen; the glory of the omnipresent God bursts through everywhere

Faith and love are apt to be spasmodic in the best minds. Men live the...

Faith and love are apt to be spasmodic in the best minds. Men live the...

What's a book? Everything or nothing. The eye that sees it all.

What's a book? Everything or nothing. The eye that sees it all.

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

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

All life is an experiment.

All life is an experiment.

Men cease to interest us when we find their limitations

Men cease to interest us when we find their limitations

It is my desire, in the office of a Christian minister, to do nothing which...

It is my desire, in the office of a Christian minister, to do nothing which...

Life is not so short but that there is always time for courtesy

Life is not so short but that there is always time for courtesy

I hate quotation. Tell me what you know.

I hate quotation. Tell me what you know.

Judge of your natural character by what you do in your dreams.

Judge of your natural character by what you do in your dreams.

If you judge me you don't have time to love me.

If you judge me you don't have time to love me.

Don't judge me. You only know my face, not my story.

Don't judge me. You only know my face, not my story.