Wise men put their trust in ideas and not in circumstances

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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The best part of health is fine disposition

The best part of health is fine disposition

Every natural fact is a symbol of some spiritual fact.

Every natural fact is a symbol of some spiritual fact.

For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.

For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.

With the past, I have nothing to do; nor with the future. I live now.

With the past, I have nothing to do; nor with the future. I live now.

Friendship, like the immortality of the soul, is too good to be believed.

Friendship, like the immortality of the soul, is too good to be believed.

England, an old and exhausted island, must one day be contented, like other parents, to...

England, an old and exhausted island, must one day be contented, like other parents, to...

All conservatives are such from personal defects. They have been effeminated by position or nature,...

All conservatives are such from personal defects. They have been effeminated by position or nature,...

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.

There is properly no history; only biography

There is properly no history; only biography

I hate the giving of the hand unless the whole man accompanies it.

I hate the giving of the hand unless the whole man accompanies it.

The experience of each new age requires a new confession, and the world seems always...

The experience of each new age requires a new confession, and the world seems always...

Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes.

Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes.

Thought is action in rehearsal

Thought is action in rehearsal

Evermore in the world is this marvelous balance of beauty and disgust, magnificence and rats

Evermore in the world is this marvelous balance of beauty and disgust, magnificence and rats

The manly part is to do with might and main what you can do

The manly part is to do with might and main what you can do

The only reward of virtue is virtue; the only way to have a friend is...

The only reward of virtue is virtue; the only way to have a friend is...

I would have the studies elective. Scholarship is to be created not by compulsion, but...

I would have the studies elective. Scholarship is to be created not by compulsion, but...

Knowledge exists to be imparted

Knowledge exists to be imparted

Never pride yourself on knowledge. Remember; even a head of iceberg lettuce knows more than...

Never pride yourself on knowledge. Remember; even a head of iceberg lettuce knows more than...

The educated do not share a common body of information, but a common state of...

The educated do not share a common body of information, but a common state of...