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:-

• Each stone, each bend cries welcome to him. He identifies with the mountains and the streams, he sees something of his own soul in the plants and the animals and the birds of the field.

  ~ Paulo Coelho quotes from The Warrior of the Light

  Motivational Quotes on: War, Paulo Coelho, Warrior, Soul, Light

• I believe that mediocrity is self-inflicted and that genius is self-bestowed.

  ~ Walter Russell quotes from The Man Who Tapped the Secrets of the Universe

  Motivational Quotes on: Genius, Secret, Best, Universe, Believe

• Conventional opinion is the ruin of our souls.

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

  Motivational Quotes on: Courage, Common Opinion

• God, as I use the word, is another name for what is. I always know God’s intention: It’s exactly what is in every moment.

  ~ Byron Katie quotes from Loving What Is

  Inspirational Quotes on: God, Intent, Katie, Act, Intention, Now, Moment

• Great performers in all fields seem immune to what outsiders think about them. Their sense of themselves never depends on the feedback—positive or negative—they get from the environment.

  ~ John Eliot, Ph.D. quotes from Overachievement: The New Model for Exceptional Performance

  Self-Development Quotes on: Think, John Eliot, Overachievement, New, Great, Achievement

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