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:-

• You think the shadow is the substance.

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

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• If a man could have half his wishes, he would double his troubles.

  ~ Benjamin Franklin quotes

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• If a hundred-foot oak tree had the mind of a human, it would only grow to be ten feet tall!

  ~ T. Harv Eker quotes from Secrets of the Millionaire Mind

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• The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.

  ~ William James quotes

  Self-Development Quotes on: Wisdom, Wise, Win

• None of us can change our yesterdays, but all of us can change our tomorrows.

  ~ Colin Powell quotes

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