Who you are speaks so loudly I can't hear what you're saying.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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

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

Every man passes his life in the search after friendship.

Every man passes his life in the search after friendship.

Little minds have little worries, big minds have no time for worries.

Little minds have little worries, big minds have no time for worries.

Be as beneficent as the sun or the sea, but if your rights as a...

Be as beneficent as the sun or the sea, but if your rights as a...

Some books leave us free and some books make us free.

Some books leave us free and some books make us free.

People that seem so glorious are all show; underneath they are like everyone else.

People that seem so glorious are all show; underneath they are like everyone else.

Talent finds its models, methods, and ends in society, exists for exhibition, and goes to...

Talent finds its models, methods, and ends in society, exists for exhibition, and goes to...

Insist on yourself; never imitate.

Insist on yourself; never imitate.

Unhappy is the man whom man can make unhappy

Unhappy is the man whom man can make unhappy

All diseases run into one, old age.

All diseases run into one, old age.

Truth is beautiful, without doubt; but so are lies.

Truth is beautiful, without doubt; but so are lies.

Ideas must work through the brains and the arms of good and brave, or they...

Ideas must work through the brains and the arms of good and brave, or they...

Between stimulus and response is our greatest power - the freedom to choose

Between stimulus and response is our greatest power - the freedom to choose

Nobody can bring you peace but yourself.

Nobody can bring you peace but yourself.

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.

Coolness and absence of heat and haste indicate fine qualities

Coolness and absence of heat and haste indicate fine qualities

As the traveler who has lost his way, throws his reins on his horse's neck,...

As the traveler who has lost his way, throws his reins on his horse's neck,...

A man known to us only as a celebrity in politics or in trade, gains...

A man known to us only as a celebrity in politics or in trade, gains...

Politics is a rotten egg; if broken, it stinks. Russian proverb.

Politics is a rotten egg; if broken, it stinks. Russian proverb.

We've had September 11th, the Gore-Bush recount, a war in Iraq, a war in Afghanistan,...

We've had September 11th, the Gore-Bush recount, a war in Iraq, a war in Afghanistan,...