What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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O Day of days when we can read! The reader and the book, either without...

O Day of days when we can read! The reader and the book, either without...

Finish every day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some...

Finish every day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some...

A man is a God in ruins

A man is a God in ruins

I do not hesitate to read all good books in translations. What is really best...

I do not hesitate to read all good books in translations. What is really best...

A nation never falls but by suicide

A nation never falls but by suicide

There is a tendency for things to right themselves.

There is a tendency for things to right themselves.

If the single man plant himself indomitably on his instincts, and there abide, the huge...

If the single man plant himself indomitably on his instincts, and there abide, the huge...

Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.

Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.

No man ever prayed heartily without learning something.

No man ever prayed heartily without learning something.

I can find my biography in every fable that I read

I can find my biography in every fable that I read

A man cannot speak but he judges himself

A man cannot speak but he judges himself

Night hovers all day in the boughs of the fir tree.

Night hovers all day in the boughs of the fir tree.

When a man is pushed, tormented, defeated, he has a chance to learn something

When a man is pushed, tormented, defeated, he has a chance to learn something

The end of the human race will be that it will eventually die of civilization.

The end of the human race will be that it will eventually die of civilization.

All I have seen teaches me to trust the creator for all I have not...

All I have seen teaches me to trust the creator for all I have not...

Every wall is a door.

Every wall is a door.

Self-sacrifice is the real miracle out of which all the reported miracles grow.

Self-sacrifice is the real miracle out of which all the reported miracles grow.

For everything you have missed, you have gained something else, and for everything you gain,...

For everything you have missed, you have gained something else, and for everything you gain,...

A change is as good as a rest.

A change is as good as a rest.

For everything you have missed, you have gained something else, and for everything you gain,...

For everything you have missed, you have gained something else, and for everything you gain,...

Quality, quality, quality: never waver from it, even when you don't see how you can...

Quality, quality, quality: never waver from it, even when you don't see how you can...

Laziness is a secret ingredient that goes into failure. But it's only kept a secret...

Laziness is a secret ingredient that goes into failure. But it's only kept a secret...

Every day that is born into the world comes like a burst of music and...

Every day that is born into the world comes like a burst of music and...