Ralph Waldo Emerson ( 10 of 488 )
When a man is pushed, tormented, defeated, he has a chance to learn something
When a man is pushed, tormented, defeated, he has a chance to learn something
We love force and we care very little how it is exhibited.
We love force and we care very little how it is exhibited.
Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect.
Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect.
People only see what they are prepared to see.
People only see what they are prepared to see.
Thought is the blossom; language the bud; action the fruit behind it
Thought is the blossom; language the bud; action the fruit behind it
The mind does not create what it perceives, any more than the eye creates the rose.
The mind does not create what it perceives, any more than the eye creates the rose.
The finest and noblest ground on which people can live is truth; the real with the real; a ground on read more
The finest and noblest ground on which people can live is truth; the real with the real; a ground on which nothing is assumed.
For everything you have missed you have gained something.
For everything you have missed you have gained something.
Every calamity is a spur and valuable hint.
Every calamity is a spur and valuable hint.
God offers to every mind its choice between truth and repose.
God offers to every mind its choice between truth and repose.
