Ralph Waldo Emerson ( 10 of 488 )
The characteristic of genuine heroism is its persistency. All men have wandering impulses, fits and starts of generosity. But when read more
The characteristic of genuine heroism is its persistency. All men have wandering impulses, fits and starts of generosity. But when you have resolved to be great, abide by yourself, and do not try to reconcile yourself with the world. The heroic cannot be common, nor the common heroic.
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.
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.
Trust men and they will be true to you; treat them greatly, and they will show themselves great.
Trust men and they will be true to you; treat them greatly, and they will show themselves great.
In every work of genius we recognize our own rejected thoughts: they come back to us with a certain alienated read more
In every work of genius we recognize our own rejected thoughts: they come back to us with a certain alienated majesty.
What a new face courage puts on everything!
What a new face courage puts on everything!
These times of ours are serious and full of calamity, but all times are essentially alike. As soon as there read more
These times of ours are serious and full of calamity, but all times are essentially alike. As soon as there is life there is danger.
Man is physically as well as metaphysically a thing of shreds and patches, borrowed unequally from good and bad ancestors, read more
Man is physically as well as metaphysically a thing of shreds and patches, borrowed unequally from good and bad ancestors, and a misfit from the start.
Wilt thou seal up the avenues of ill? Pay every debt as if God wrote the bill.
Wilt thou seal up the avenues of ill? Pay every debt as if God wrote the bill.
Every man alone is sincere. At the entrance of a second person, hypocrisy begins.
Every man alone is sincere. At the entrance of a second person, hypocrisy begins.
