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 way you create any outcome in your life is to hold the vision of your deepest desires. At the same time, though, you must honestly and accurately assess your current situation and how it relates to your greater vision. By doing this, you engage tension between what is and what can be. This tension is the primary creative force behind the manifestation of any outcome. It’s as natural and powerful as the force of gravity.

  ~ David Emerald quotes from The Power of TED*

  Inspirational Quotes on: Vision, Desire, David Emerald, Tension, Power, Create, Great, Life, The Way, Doing, Outcome, Rent, Creative

• These people are often authoritarian and rigid in their views, exerting power over others in an effort to keep others from having power over them. Persecutors may act grandiose and self-righteous to mask their own insecurity.

  ~ David Emerald quotes from The Power of TED*

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• Its taken 14 billion years for matter to gain the capacity to become conscious of itself. If this is true, it wouldn't make any sense that the whole point of enlightenment would be to escape from the whole process at the very instant that the universe is beginning to awaken to itself.

  ~ Andrew Cohen quotes

  Inspirational Quotes on: Evolution, Awakening, Spirituality, Universe, Consciousness

• The knowledge that you can handle anything that comes your way is the key to allowing yourself to take healthy, life-affirming risks.

  ~ Susan Jeffers quotes from Feel the Fear…And Do It Anyway

  Famous Quotes on: Fear, Risk, Health, Life, Edge, Knowledge, Now, Feel, Win

• Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.

  ~ Albert Einstein quotes

  Famous Quotes on: Albert Einstein, Persist

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