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:-

• Slow down and remember this: Most things make no difference. Being busy is a form of mental laziness—lazy thinking and indiscriminate action.

  ~ Timothy Ferriss quotes from The 4-Hour Workweek

  Motivational Quotes on: Action, Think, Thinking, Act, Work, Busy

• Doubts…often beget the facts they fear.

  ~ Thomas Jefferson quotes

  Motivational Quotes on: Attitude, Worry, Doubt, Fear

• I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best.

  ~ Oscar Wilde quotes

  Famous Quotes on: Best, Simple

• Stay with friends who support you in these. Talk with them about sacred texts, and how you are doing, and how they are doing, and keep your practices together.

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

  Self-Development Quotes on: Love, Friendship, Support, Friend

• It makes sense that no one else can cause you pain. That’s your job.

  ~ Byron Katie quotes from Loving What Is

  Inspirational Quotes on: Katie, Pain, Cause

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