What lies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to what lies inside of you.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Every spirit makes its house, and we can give a shrewd guess from the house...

Every spirit makes its house, and we can give a shrewd guess from the house...

Enthusiasm is the mother of effort, and without it nothing great was ever achieved.

Enthusiasm is the mother of effort, and without it nothing great was ever achieved.

When it is darkest, men see the stars.

When it is darkest, men see the stars.

A friend might well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.

A friend might well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.

Music takes us out of the actual and whispers to us dim secrets that startle...

Music takes us out of the actual and whispers to us dim secrets that startle...

Obedience alone gives the right to command

Obedience alone gives the right to command

We are always getting ready to live but never living.

We are always getting ready to live but never living.

You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will...

You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will...

It is the quality of the moment, not the number of days, or events, or...

It is the quality of the moment, not the number of days, or events, or...

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,...

Astronomy to the selfish becomes astrology.

Astronomy to the selfish becomes astrology.

Life is a progress, and not a station.

Life is a progress, and not a station.

Manners require time, and nothing is more vulgar than haste.

Manners require time, and nothing is more vulgar than haste.

I awoke this morning with devout thanksgiving for my friends, the old and the new

I awoke this morning with devout thanksgiving for my friends, the old and the new

A man is usually more careful of his money than he is of his principles.

A man is usually more careful of his money than he is of his principles.

We judge of man's wisdom by his hope

We judge of man's wisdom by his hope

Reality is a sliding door.

Reality is a sliding door.

Spiritual force is stronger than material force; thoughts rule the world.

Spiritual force is stronger than material force; thoughts rule the world.

We cannot tell the precise moment when friendship formed. As in filling a vessel drop...

We cannot tell the precise moment when friendship formed. As in filling a vessel drop...

He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, And he who...

He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, And he who...

Love me or hate me, but spare me your indifference.

Love me or hate me, but spare me your indifference.