We do not yet possess ourselves, and we know at the same time that we are much more.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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There was never a child so lovely but his mother was glad to get him...

There was never a child so lovely but his mother was glad to get him...

Society is always taken by surprise at any new example of common sense.

Society is always taken by surprise at any new example of common sense.

Why need I volumes, if one word suffice?

Why need I volumes, if one word suffice?

For me, commerce is of trivial import; love, faith, truth of character, the aspiration of...

For me, commerce is of trivial import; love, faith, truth of character, the aspiration of...

All our progress is an unfolding, like the vegetable bud, you have first an instinct,...

All our progress is an unfolding, like the vegetable bud, you have first an instinct,...

There is a blessed necessity by which the interest of men is always driving them...

There is a blessed necessity by which the interest of men is always driving them...

Money is the representative of a certain quantity of corn or other commodity. It is...

Money is the representative of a certain quantity of corn or other commodity. It is...

He who is not everyday conquering some fear has not learned the secret of life.

He who is not everyday conquering some fear has not learned the secret of life.

The first wealth is health.

The first wealth is health.

Nature hates calculators.

Nature hates calculators.

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.

Nature always wears the colors of the spirit.

Nature always wears the colors of the spirit.

The civilized man has built a coach, but has lost the use of his feet.

The civilized man has built a coach, but has lost the use of his feet.

Nature is trying very hard to make us succeed, but nature does not depend on...

Nature is trying very hard to make us succeed, but nature does not depend on...

Nature is a mutable cloud which is always and never the same.

Nature is a mutable cloud which is always and never the same.

There is more difference in the quality of our pleasures than in the amount.

There is more difference in the quality of our pleasures than in the amount.

Sprinkle joy.

A true friend is somebody who can make us do what we can.

A true friend is somebody who can make us do what we can.

Your enemy is never a villain in his own eyes. Keep this in mind, it...

Your enemy is never a villain in his own eyes. Keep this in mind, it...

If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred...

If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred...