The reason why men do not obey us, is because they see the mud at the bottom of our eye.

The ancestor of every action is a thought... view

By: Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail... view

By: Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Mysticism is the mistake of an accidental and individual symbol for an universal one... view

By: Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Every experiment, by multitudes or by individuals, that has a sensual and selfish aim, will fail... view

By: Ralph Waldo Emerson

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The fox has many tricks. The hedgehog has but one. But that is the best of all... view

By: Ralph Waldo Emerson

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This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what to do with it... view

By: Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Great hearts steadily send forth the secret forces that incessantly draw great events... view

By: Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Every wall is a door... view

By: Ralph Waldo Emerson

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The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn... view

By: Ralph Waldo Emerson

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O Day of days when we can read! The reader and the book, either without the other is naught... view

By: Ralph Waldo Emerson

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A man is usually more careful of his money than he is of his principles... view

By: Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Every natural fact is a symbol of some spiritual fact... view

By: Ralph Waldo Emerson

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