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:-

• The learners shall inherit the earth while the learned will be beautifully equipped to live in a world that no longer exists.

  ~ Eric Hoffer quotes

  Inspirational Quotes on: Learn, Learning, Learned

• I seek the truth...it is only persistence in self-delusion and ignorance that does harm.

  ~ Marcus Aurelius quotes

  Famous Quotes on: Wisdom, Truth, Persistence

• Truth will have no gods before it.- The belief in truth begins with the doubt of all truths in which one has previously believed.

  ~ Friedrich Nietzsche quotes

  Famous Quotes on: Attitude, Truth, God, Doubt, Believe

• A stumbling block to the pessimist is a stepping-stone to the optimist.

  ~ Eleanor Roosevelt quotes

  Motivational Quotes on: Attitude, Perception, Optimist

• Quite often I have been faced with people who were praised and admired for their talents and their achievements… According to prevailing attitudes, these people--the pride and joy of their parents--should have had a strong and stable sense of self-assurance. But the case is exactly the opposite... [Whenever they suddenly get the feeling they have failed to live up to some ideal image or have not measured up to some standard, then they are plagued by anxiety or deep feelings of guilt and shame. What are the reasons for such disturbances in these competent, accomplished people?

  ~ Alice Miller quotes

  Inspirational Quotes on: Attitude, Live, Anxiety, Act, Pride, Ideal, Feelings, Reason, Achievement, Rent, Fail, Joy, Talent, Achieve, People, Shame, Strong, Parents

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