We are too civil to books. For a few golden sentences we will turn over and actually read a volume of four or five hundred pages.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Most of the shadows of life are caused by standing in our own sunshine.

Most of the shadows of life are caused by standing in our own sunshine.

There is no chance and anarchy in the universe. All is system and gradation. Every...

There is no chance and anarchy in the universe. All is system and gradation. Every...

Sometimes a scream is better than a thesis.

Sometimes a scream is better than a thesis.

The reason why men do not obey us, is because they see the mud at...

The reason why men do not obey us, is because they see the mud at...

Guard well your spare moments. They are like uncut diamonds. Discard them and their value...

Guard well your spare moments. They are like uncut diamonds. Discard them and their value...

Never self-possessed, or prudent, love is all abandonment.

Never self-possessed, or prudent, love is all abandonment.

Democracy becomes a government of bullies tempered by editors.

Democracy becomes a government of bullies tempered by editors.

Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we...

Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we...

I can find my biography in every fable that I read

I can find my biography in every fable that I read

All men in the abstract are just and good

All men in the abstract are just and good

No change of circumstances can repair a defect of character.

No change of circumstances can repair a defect of character.

All mankind love a lover.

All mankind love a lover.

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...

Nature is endeared by the wooded path, but offended where too many tread.

Nature is endeared by the wooded path, but offended where too many tread.

How much of human life is lost in waiting.

How much of human life is lost in waiting.

We talk of choosing our friends, but friends are self-elected

We talk of choosing our friends, but friends are self-elected

A chief event of life is the day in which we have encountered a mind...

A chief event of life is the day in which we have encountered a mind...

Books are for nothing but to inspire

Books are for nothing but to inspire

I discovered that what's really important for a creator isn't what we vaguely define as...

I discovered that what's really important for a creator isn't what we vaguely define as...

Before you can inspire with emotion, you must be swamped with it yourself. Before you...

Before you can inspire with emotion, you must be swamped with it yourself. Before you...