"Silence is foolish if we are wise, but wise if we are foolish."

Colton, Charles Caleb on silence
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"Silence is one of the hardest arguments to refute."

Billings, Josh on silence
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"It is better to be silent, and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt."

Engel, Silvan on silence
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"There is creative reading as well as creative writing."

Emerson, Ralph Waldo on books - reading   

"We are the prisoners of ideas."

Emerson, Ralph Waldo on conflict   

"When the eyes say one thing, and the tongue another, a practiced man relies on the language of the first."

Emerson, Ralph Waldo on communication
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"Coffee is good for talent, but genius wants prayer."

Emerson, Ralph Waldo on genius
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"When Nature has work to be done, she creates a genius to do it."

Emerson, Ralph Waldo on genius
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"People with great gifts are easy to find, but symmetrical and balanced ones never."

Emerson, Ralph Waldo on ability
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"Big jobs usually go to the men who prove their ability to outgrow small ones."

Emerson, Ralph Waldo on ability
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"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment."

Emerson, Ralph Waldo on achievement
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"If a man owns land, the land owns him."

Emerson, Ralph Waldo on property   

"The next best thing to saying a good thing yourself, is to quote one."

Emerson, Ralph Waldo on quotations
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"I hate quotations. Tell me what you know."

Emerson, Ralph Waldo on quotations
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"The religion that is afraid of science dishonors God and commits suicide."

Emerson, Ralph Waldo on religion
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"Trust your instinct to the end, though you can render no reason."

Emerson, Ralph Waldo on choice
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"Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes."

Emerson, Ralph Waldo on common sense
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"Well-timed silence is the most commanding expression."

Helprin, Mark on silence