We gain the strength of the temptation we resist.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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We are symbols, and inhabit symbols.

We are symbols, and inhabit symbols.

The power of love, as the basis of a State, has never been tried.

The power of love, as the basis of a State, has never been tried.

Do the thing and you will be given the power

Do the thing and you will be given the power

A man's growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends.

A man's growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends.

All conservatives are such from personal defects. They have been effeminated by position or nature,...

All conservatives are such from personal defects. They have been effeminated by position or nature,...

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

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

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...

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

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

Be an opener of doors for such as come after thee.

Be an opener of doors for such as come after thee.

The method of nature: who could ever analyze it?

The method of nature: who could ever analyze it?

Science does not know its debt to imagination.

Science does not know its debt to imagination.

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...

Trust the instinct to the end, though you can render no reason

Trust the instinct to the end, though you can render no reason

A good intention clothes itself with power

A good intention clothes itself with power

Books are the best of things if well used; if abused, among the worst. They...

Books are the best of things if well used; if abused, among the worst. They...

Manners are the happy ways of doing things; each once a stroke of genius or...

Manners are the happy ways of doing things; each once a stroke of genius or...

Write it on your heart that every day is the best day of the year.

Write it on your heart that every day is the best day of the year.

Insist on yourself; never imitate.

Insist on yourself; never imitate.

It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in princes. (Psalms...

It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in princes. (Psalms...

You are the only person on earth who can use your ability.

You are the only person on earth who can use your ability.