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:-

• Away with the world's opinion of you—it's always unsettled and divided.

  ~ Seneca quotes from Letters from a Stoic

  Famous Quotes on: Courage, Common Opinion

• Happiness is not achieved by the conscious pursuit of happiness; it is generally the byproduct of other activities.

  ~ Aldous Huxley quotes from Vedanta for the Western World, 1945

  Famous Quotes on: General, Happiness, Aldous Huxley, Act, World, Achieve

• The moment that he begins to walk along it, the warrior of the light recognizes the path.

  ~ Paulo Coelho quotes from The Warrior of the Light

  Motivational Quotes on: The Moment, War, Paulo Coelho, Warrior, Path, Light

• Getting used to our blessings is one of the most important nonevil generators of human evil, tragedy and suffering.

  ~ Abraham Maslow quotes from Motivation & Personality

  Inspirational Quotes on: Attitude, Appreciation, Tragedy

• Language learning deserves special mention. It is, bar none, the best thing you can do to hone clear thinking.

  ~ Timothy Ferriss quotes from The 4-Hour Workweek

  Famous Quotes on: Learn, Learning, Think, Thinking, Work, Best, Serve

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