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:-

• Patience is the key to joy.

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

  Famous Quotes on: Wisdom, Patience, Joy

• What is to give light must endure burning.

  ~ Viktor Frankl quotes from Man's Search for Meaning

  Famous Quotes on: Courage, Risk

• More than those who hate you, more than all your enemies, an undisciplined mind does greater harm.

  ~ Buddha quotes from The Dhammapada

  Famous Quotes on: Attitude, Thoughts

• While we are postponing, life speeds by.

  ~ Seneca quotes

  Inspirational Quotes on: Seneca, Life

• Better to ask twice than to lose your way once.

  ~ Danish Proverb quotes

  Self-Development Quotes on: Better

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