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:-

• I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use.

  ~ Galileo Galilei quotes

  Self-Development Quotes on: God, Galileo Galilei, Intellect, Reason, Believe, Feel

• Legendary violinist Isaac Stern was once confronted by a middle-aged woman after a concert. She gushed, "Oh, Id' give my life to play like you!" "Lady," Stern said acidly, "that I did!"

  ~ Unknown quotes

  Inspirational Quotes on: Unknown, Life, Give

• Nature's way is simple and easy, but men prefer what is intricate and artificial.

  ~ Loa Tzu quotes

  Inspirational Quotes on: Nature, Simple

• They do not celebrate getting older; what they do celebrate is becoming better.

  ~ Marlo Morgan quotes from Mutant Message from Down Under

  Famous Quotes on: Better, Celebrate, Becoming

• Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one.

  ~ Bruce Lee quotes

  Inspirational Quotes on: Courage, Challenges, Life

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