The adventitious beauty of poetry may be felt in the greater delight with a verse given in a happy quotation than in the poem.
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The whole course of things goes to teach us faith. We need only obey. There is guidance for each of us, and by lowly listening we shall hear the right word.... Place yourself in the middle of the stream of power and wisdom which flows into you as life, place yourself in the full center of that flood, then you are without effort impelled to truth, to right, and a perfect contentment.Ralph Waldo Emerson
Truth is too simple for us we do not like those who unmask our illusions.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
It is my desire, in the office of a Christian minister, to do nothing which I cannot do with my whole heart. Having said this, I have said all.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Truth is the property of no individual but is the treasure of all men.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
As the traveler who has lost his way, throws his reins on his horse's neck, and trusts to the instinct of the animal to find his road, so must we do with the divine animal who carries us through this world
Ralph Waldo Emerson
We do not live an equal life, but one of contrasts and patchwork now a little joy, then a sorrow, now a sin, then a generous or brave action.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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