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:-

• And then there is silence. Luminous silence. Silence.

  ~ Laura Huxley quotes

• The thirst after happiness is never extinguished in the heart of a man.

  ~ Jean Jacques Rousseau quotes

  Inspirational Quotes on: Goals, Happiness

• Be harsh with yourself at times.

  ~ Seneca quotes from Letters from a Stoic

  Motivational Quotes on: Self-awareness, Reflection

• Character may be manifested in the great moments, but it is made in the small ones.

  ~ Winston Churchill quotes

  Self-Development Quotes on: Wisdom, Character

• Security is a kind of death.

  ~ Tennessee Williams quotes from Esquire, September, 1971

  Motivational Quotes on: Death, Kind, Security, Will

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