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:-

• Be not swept off your feet by the vividness of the impression, but say, "Impression, wait for me a little. Let me see what you are and what you represent. Let me try you."

  ~ Epictetus quotes

  Self-Development Quotes on: Wisdom, Patience

• No one should abandon duties because he sees defects in them. Every action, every activity, is surrounded by defects as a fire is surrounded by smoke.

  ~ Krishna quotes from The Bhagavad Gita

  Self-Development Quotes on: Wisdom, Learning

• If we were talking to you on your first day of physical experience, we could be of great advantage to you because we would say, “Welcome to planet Earth. There is nothing you cannot be or do or have. And your work here—your lifetime career—is to seek joy.

  ~ Esther & Jerry Hicks quotes

• When you run in fear, it’s square into the wall.

  ~ Byron Katie quotes from Loving What Is

  Famous Quotes on: Fear, Katie

• The importance of humility. We need the humility to know that truth can be ephemeral, that this can be but one version of the truth.

  ~ Ken Auletta quotes

  Inspirational Quotes on: Humility, Truth, Now

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