Emerson instructed us to “Make your own Bible. Select and collect all the words and sentences that in all your reading have been to you like the blast of truimpth out of Shakespeare, Seneca, Moses, John and Paul.”

Following Emerson’s guidance, I offer some of my favorite blasts of triumph. You can search by topic or by teacher or you can just hit refresh and keep getting 5 new random quotes below:-

• Stories are the untested, uninvestigated theories that tell us what all these things mean. We don’t even realize that they’re just theories.

  ~ Byron Katie quotes from Loving What Is

  Inspirational Quotes on: Katie

• If you perform the sacrifice of doing your duty, you do not have to do anything else. Devoted to duty, man attains perfection.

  ~ Bhagavad-Gita quotes

  Motivational Quotes on: Perfection, Devo, Doing, Perfect

• Contemplate the workings of this world, listen to the words of the wise, take all that is good as your own. With this as your base, open your own door to truth. Do not overlook the truth that is right before you. Study how water flows in a valley stream, smoothly and freely between the rocks. Also learn from holy books and wise people. Everything—even mountains, rivers, plants, and trees—should be your teacher.

  ~ Morihei Ueshiba quotes from The Art of Peace

  Motivational Quotes on: Wisdom, Learning, Truth, People, Wise

• The best way to predict the future is to invent it.

  ~ Alan Kay quotes

  Inspirational Quotes on: Future, Best

• The cart before the horse is neither beautiful nor useful.

  ~ Henry David Thoreau quotes

  Famous Quotes on: Wisdom, Patience

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