Who hears me, who understands me, becomes mine, a possession for all time.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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None of us will ever accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to...

None of us will ever accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to...

I can find my biography in every fable that I read

I can find my biography in every fable that I read

Every man has his own vocation, talent is the call.

Every man has his own vocation, talent is the call.

Go oft to the house of thy friend, for weeds choke the unused path.

Go oft to the house of thy friend, for weeds choke the unused path.

Health is the condition of wisdom, and the sign is cheerfulness, -- an open and...

Health is the condition of wisdom, and the sign is cheerfulness, -- an open and...

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...

Go often to the house of thy friend, for weeds choke the unused path.

Go often to the house of thy friend, for weeds choke the unused path.

We are born believing. A man bears beliefs as a tree bears apples.

We are born believing. A man bears beliefs as a tree bears apples.

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...

Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, and not merely the...

Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, and not merely the...

A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.

A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.

A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.

A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.

Nature and literature are subjective phenomena; every evil and every good thing is a shadow...

Nature and literature are subjective phenomena; every evil and every good thing is a shadow...

How painful to give a gift to any person of sensibility, or of equality! It...

How painful to give a gift to any person of sensibility, or of equality! It...

What you are comes to you.

What you are comes to you.

Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes.

Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes.

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

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

Curiosity is lying in wait for every secret.

Curiosity is lying in wait for every secret.

Whenever I found out anything remarkable, I have thought it my duty to put down...

Whenever I found out anything remarkable, I have thought it my duty to put down...

Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers

Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers