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:-

• Warriors of the light are not perfect. Their beauty lies in accepting this fact and still desiring to grow and to learn.

  ~ Paulo Coelho quotes from The Warrior of the Light

  Inspirational Quotes on: Learn, War, Paulo Coelho, Act, Warrior, Light, Lies, Perfect, Beauty

• Freedom is not the absence of commitments, but the ability to choose--and commit myself to--what is best for me.

  ~ Paulo Coelho quotes

  Self-Development Quotes on: Commitment, Paulo Coelho, Best, Commit, Freedom

• ...courage is not the absence of despair; it is, rather, the capacity to move ahead in spite of despair.

  ~ Rollo May quotes

  Inspirational Quotes on: Courage, Rollo May, Despair

• Regarding Einstein: "[A] certain region in the structure of the whole situation was in reality not as clear to him as it should be, although it had hitherto been accepted without question by everyone, including himself… During this time he was often depressed, sometimes in despair, but driven by the strongest vectors.

  ~ Max Wertheimer quotes from "Productive Thinking"

  Famous Quotes on: Think, Thinking, Despair, Strong

• Man is only true to himself when he surpasses the limitations inherent in his nature.

  ~ Arthur Koestler quotes

  Motivational Quotes on: Nature, Imitation, Rent

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