Ralph Waldo Emerson ( 10 of 488 )
Talent alone cannot make a writer. There must be a man behind the book.
Talent alone cannot make a writer. There must be a man behind the book.
Self-trust is the first secret of success
Self-trust is the first secret of success
As a cure for worrying, work is better than whiskey.
As a cure for worrying, work is better than whiskey.
We sometimes meet an original gentleman, who, if manners had not existed, would have invented them.
We sometimes meet an original gentleman, who, if manners had not existed, would have invented them.
People do not seem to realize that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character.
People do not seem to realize that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character.
All history is but the lengthened shadow of a great man.
All history is but the lengthened shadow of a great man.
Light is the first of painters. There is no object so foul that intense light will not make it beautiful.
Light is the first of painters. There is no object so foul that intense light will not make it beautiful.
The secret of education is respecting the pupil.
The secret of education is respecting the pupil.
Let us be poised, and wise, and our own, today.
Let us be poised, and wise, and our own, today.
And striving to be Man, the worm
Mounts through all the spires of form.
And striving to be Man, the worm
Mounts through all the spires of form.
