On Character

“That which we call character is a reserved force which acts directly by presence and without means. It is conceived of as a certain undemonstrable force, a familiar or genius, by whose impulses the man is guided, but whose counsels he cannot impart.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

“The man that makes a character, makes foes.” – Edward Young

“The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.”
– Abraham Lincoln

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