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 fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.

  ~ William Shakespeare quotes

  Self-Development Quotes on: Love, Wise

• Genius is the union of man and God in the acts of the soul. Great men are always greater than their deeds. They are in connection with a reserve power that is without limit.

  ~ Wallace D. Wattles quotes from The Science of Being Great

  Famous Quotes on: God, Genius, Act, Power, Great, Deeds, Soul, Serve

• A warrior acts as if he knows what he is doing, when in effect he knows nothing.

  ~ Carlos Castaneda quotes from Journey to Ixtlan

  Self-Development Quotes on: Action, Warrior

• Whoso would ever be a man, must be a noncomformist.

  ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson quotes

  Famous Quotes on: Courage, Individuality

• Never try to reason the prejudice out of a man. It wasn't reasoned into him, and it cannot be reasoned out.

  ~ Sydney Smith quotes

  Self-Development Quotes on: Wisdom

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