Words are also actions, and actions are a kind of words.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Men should take their knowledge from the Sun, the Moon and the Stars.

Men should take their knowledge from the Sun, the Moon and the Stars.

The revelation of thought takes men out of servitude into freedom.

The revelation of thought takes men out of servitude into freedom.

Thou art to me a delicious torment.

Thou art to me a delicious torment.

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...

For every benefit you receive a tax is levied.

For every benefit you receive a tax is levied.

I hate quotations. Tell me what you know.

I hate quotations. Tell me what you know.

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.

A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature

A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature

Fear is the instructor of great sagacity, and the herald of all revolutions

Fear is the instructor of great sagacity, and the herald of all revolutions

He that loveth maketh his own the grandeur he loves

He that loveth maketh his own the grandeur he loves

Go cherish your soul; express companions; set your habits to a life of solitude; then...

Go cherish your soul; express companions; set your habits to a life of solitude; then...

Nature always wears the colors of the spirit.

Nature always wears the colors of the spirit.

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...

We are too civil to books. For a few golden sentences we will turn over...

We are too civil to books. For a few golden sentences we will turn over...

The first wealth is health.

The first wealth is health.

Every hero becomes a bore at last.

Every hero becomes a bore at last.

Society is always taken by surprise at any new example of common sense.

Society is always taken by surprise at any new example of common sense.

Those who live to the future must always appear selfish to those who live to...

Those who live to the future must always appear selfish to those who live to...

Objectives are not fate; they are direction. They are not commands; they are commitments. They...

Objectives are not fate; they are direction. They are not commands; they are commitments. They...

People say I'm cocky, but am I supposed to sit here and be insecure and...

People say I'm cocky, but am I supposed to sit here and be insecure and...

We learn simply by the exposure of living, and what we learn most natively is...

We learn simply by the exposure of living, and what we learn most natively is...

The time to change was yesterday; the time to wake up is now.

The time to change was yesterday; the time to wake up is now.