Ralph Waldo Emerson ( 10 of 488 )
Culture, with us, ends in headache.
Culture, with us, ends in headache.
Patience and fortitude conquer all things
Patience and fortitude conquer all things
The imbecility of men is always inviting the impudence of power.
The imbecility of men is always inviting the impudence of power.
'Tis good-will makes intelligence.
'Tis good-will makes intelligence.
Half a man's wisdom goes with his courage.
Half a man's wisdom goes with his courage.
The conscious utterance of thought, by speech or action, to any
end, is art.
The conscious utterance of thought, by speech or action, to any
end, is art.
Flowers. . . are a proud assertion that a ray of beauty outvalues all the utilities of the world.
Flowers. . . are a proud assertion that a ray of beauty outvalues all the utilities of the world.
The value of a principle is the number of things it will explain; and there is no good theory of read more
The value of a principle is the number of things it will explain; and there is no good theory of disease which does not at once suggest a cure.
A man makes inferiors his superiors by heat; self control is the rule. Anger is an uncontrollable feeling that betrays read more
A man makes inferiors his superiors by heat; self control is the rule. Anger is an uncontrollable feeling that betrays what you are when you are not yourself. Anger is that powerful internal force that blows out the light of reason. Know this to be the enemy: it is anger, born of desire. -Ralph Waldo Emerson.
The age of a woman doesn't mean a thing. The best tunes are played on the oldest fiddles.
The age of a woman doesn't mean a thing. The best tunes are played on the oldest fiddles.
