We but half express ourselves, and are ashamed of that divine idea which each of us represents

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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The worst of charity is that the lives you are asked to preserve are not...

The worst of charity is that the lives you are asked to preserve are not...

Let us be silent, that we may hear the whispers of the gods.

Let us be silent, that we may hear the whispers of the gods.

These times of ours are serious and full of calamity, but all times are essentially...

These times of ours are serious and full of calamity, but all times are essentially...

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...

A man is a method, a progressive arrangement; a selecting principle, gathering his like to...

A man is a method, a progressive arrangement; a selecting principle, gathering his like to...

A good intention clothes itself with power

A good intention clothes itself with power

As soon as there is life there is danger.

As soon as there is life there is danger.

Friends, such as we desire, are dreams and fables.

Friends, such as we desire, are dreams and fables.

Nature is no spendthrift, but takes the shortest way to her ends

Nature is no spendthrift, but takes the shortest way to her ends

In skating over thin ice, our safety is in our speed.

In skating over thin ice, our safety is in our speed.

Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we...

Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we...

People with great gifts are easy to find, but symmetrical and balanced ones never.

People with great gifts are easy to find, but symmetrical and balanced ones never.

Children are all foreigners.

Children are all foreigners.

Concentration is the secret of strengths in politics, in war, in trade, in short in...

Concentration is the secret of strengths in politics, in war, in trade, in short in...

Difficulties exist to be surmounted

Difficulties exist to be surmounted

Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are...

Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are...

The glory of friendship is not in the outstretched hand, nor the kindly smile, nor...

The glory of friendship is not in the outstretched hand, nor the kindly smile, nor...

Fate is nothing but the deeds committed in a prior state of existence.

Fate is nothing but the deeds committed in a prior state of existence.

Fate is for those too weak to determine their own destiny.

Fate is for those too weak to determine their own destiny.

Sometimes our fate resembles a fruit tree in winter. Who would think that those branches...

Sometimes our fate resembles a fruit tree in winter. Who would think that those branches...