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:-

• To believe your own thought, to believe that what is true for you in your private heart is true for all men—that is genius.

  ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson quotes

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• Emerson is a person who lives instinctively on ambrosia - and leaves everything indigestible on his plate.

  ~ Friedrich Nietzsche quotes

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• It was a high counsel that I once heard given to a young person, “Always do what you are afraid to do.”

  ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson quotes from Heroism

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• Goliath was the best thing that ever happened to David.

  ~ Doug Weed quotes

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• Paradise is surrounded by what we dislike; the fires of hell are surrounded by what we desire.

  ~ Mevlana Rumi quotes from Rumi Daylight: A Daybook of Spiritual Guidance

  Inspirational Quotes on: Wisdom, Desire

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