Maxioms by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it read more
Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not.
A nation never falls but by suicide.
A nation never falls but by suicide.
Shallow men believe in luck, believe in circumstances -- it was somebody's name, or he happened to be there read more
Shallow men believe in luck, believe in circumstances -- it was somebody's name, or he happened to be there at the time, or it was so then, and another day would have been otherwise. Strong men believe in cause and effect.
We must be our own before we can be another's.
We must be our own before we can be another's.
Act, if you like, but you do it at your peril. Men's actions are too strong for them. Show me read more
Act, if you like, but you do it at your peril. Men's actions are too strong for them. Show me a man who has acted and who has not been the victim and slave of his action.
