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:-

• If we do not consciously and consistently focus on the spiritual part of ourselves, we will never experience the kind of joy, satisfaction, safety, and connectedness we are all seeking.

  ~ Susan Jeffers quotes from Feel the Fear…And Do It Anyway

  Inspirational Quotes on: Action, Focus, Fear, Experience, Act, Kind, Spiritual, Joy, Spirit, Ritual, Will, Feel

• Everyone is so afraid of death, but the real sufis just laugh: nothing tyrannizes their hearts. What strikes the oyster shell does not damage the pearl.

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

  Famous Quotes on: Wisdom, Death

• Retire into yourself as much as possible. Associate with people who are likely to improve you. Welcome those whom you are capable of improving. The process is a mutual one. People learn as they teach.

  ~ Seneca quotes from Letters from a Stoic

  Inspirational Quotes on: Self-awareness, Reflection, People

• An old man who cannot bid farewell to life appears as feeble and sickly as the young man who is unable to embrace it.

  ~ Carl Jung quotes

  Motivational Quotes on: Carl Jung, Life

• If you must play, decide on three things at the start: the rules of the game, the stakes, and the quitting time.

  ~ Chinese Proverb quotes

  Self-Development Quotes on: Decide, Game, Time, Rules

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Quotes by Teachers

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