We are symbols, and inhabit symbols.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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When we quarrel, how we wish we had been blameless.

When we quarrel, how we wish we had been blameless.

Most of the shadows of this life are caused by standing in one's own sunshine.

Most of the shadows of this life are caused by standing in one's own sunshine.

The selfish man suffers more from his selfishness than he from whom that selfishness withholds...

The selfish man suffers more from his selfishness than he from whom that selfishness withholds...

The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common

The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common

A great man is always willing to be little.

A great man is always willing to be little.

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,...

Great geniuses have the shortest biographies

Great geniuses have the shortest biographies

Talent alone cannot make a writer. There must be a man behind the book; a...

Talent alone cannot make a writer. There must be a man behind the book; a...

Love and you shall be loved

Love and you shall be loved

Tis the good reader that makes the good book.

Tis the good reader that makes the good book.

Wisdom has its root in goodness, not goodness its root in wisdom.

Wisdom has its root in goodness, not goodness its root in wisdom.

All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.

All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.

The true artist has the planet for his pedestal; the adventurer, after years of strife,...

The true artist has the planet for his pedestal; the adventurer, after years of strife,...

As a cure for worrying, work is better than whiskey.

As a cure for worrying, work is better than whiskey.

Skepticism? Yes, but a saint is a skeptic once in twenty-four hours.

Skepticism? Yes, but a saint is a skeptic once in twenty-four hours.

The sum of wisdom is that time is never lost that is devoted to work.

The sum of wisdom is that time is never lost that is devoted to work.

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...

The years teach much which the days never knew.

The years teach much which the days never knew.

When you first get money, you buy all these things so no one thinks you're...

When you first get money, you buy all these things so no one thinks you're...

For him in vain the envious seasons roll, Who bears eternal summer in his soul.

For him in vain the envious seasons roll, Who bears eternal summer in his soul.

The price of wisdom is above rubies

The price of wisdom is above rubies