| RALPH WALDO EMERSON |
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| �Most of the shadows of this life are caused by standing in one's own sunshine.�
�No man thoroughly understands a truth until he has contended against it.� �Nothing can bring you peace but the triumph of principles.� �Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail.� �People do not seem to realize that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character.� �Respect the child. Be not too much his parent. Trespass not on his solitude.� �Self-trust is the essence of heroism.� �Shallow men believe in luck, believe in circumstances: it was somebody's name, or he happened to be there at the right time, or it was so then, and another day it would have been otherwise. Strong men believe in cause and effect.� �Society is always taken by surprise at any new example of common sense.� �Sometimes a scream is better than a thesis.� �Stay at home in your mind. Don't recite other people's opinions. I hate quotations. Tell me what you know.� �Take egotism out, and you would castrate the benefactors.� �Tennyson is a beautiful half of a poet.� �The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.� �The earth laughs in flowers.� �The end of the human race will be that it will eventually die of civilization.� �The greatest gift is a portion of thyself.� �The louder he talked of his honor, the faster we counted our spoons.� �The only way to have a friend is to be one.� �The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.� |
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