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

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Every hero becomes a bore at last.

Every hero becomes a bore at last.

The value of a principle is the number of things it will explain.

The value of a principle is the number of things it will explain.

A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is braver five minutes...

A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is braver five minutes...

Life wastes itself while we are preparing to live.

Life wastes itself while we are preparing to live.

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.

Every man passes his life in the search after friendship.

Every man passes his life in the search after friendship.

It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be...

It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be...

No facts to me are sacred; none are profane.

No facts to me are sacred; none are profane.

In art, the hand can never execute anything higher than the heart can imagine.

In art, the hand can never execute anything higher than the heart can imagine.

We aim above the mark to hit the mark.

We aim above the mark to hit the mark.

Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never...

Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never...

Knowledge exists to be imparted

Knowledge exists to be imparted

I have no hostility to nature, but a child's love to it. I expand and...

I have no hostility to nature, but a child's love to it. I expand and...

Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path...

Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path...

Getting old is a fascination thing. The older you get, the older you want to...

Getting old is a fascination thing. The older you get, the older you want to...

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...

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.

If I have lost confidence in myself, I have the universe against me.

If I have lost confidence in myself, I have the universe against me.

Most of the shadows of life are caused by standing in our own sunshine.

Most of the shadows of life are caused by standing in our own sunshine.

Our greatest pretenses are built up not to hide the evil and the ugly in...

Our greatest pretenses are built up not to hide the evil and the ugly in...