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:-

• They made the fatal decision: they'd chosen always the clear, safe course that leads ever downward into stagnation.

  ~ Frank Herbert quotes from Dune

  Famous Quotes on: War, Frank Herbert, Decision

• Every evil to which we do not succumb is a benefactor.

  ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson quotes from Compensation

  Inspirational Quotes on: Ralph Waldo Emerson, Act, Emerson, Evil, Compensation

• Love is the greatest refreshment in life.

  ~ Pablo Picasso quotes

  Motivational Quotes on: Love, Life

• He who cannot command himself should obey. And many can command themselves, but much is still lacking before they can obey themselves.

  ~ Friedrich Nietzsche quotes from Thus Spoke Zarathustra: A Book for All and None

  Self-Development Quotes on: Action, Self-mastery

• A nice definition of an awakened person: a person who no longer marches to the drums of society, a person who dances to the tune of the music that springs up from within.

  ~ Anthony de Mello quotes

  Motivational Quotes on: Dance, Music, Within, Anthony De Mello

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