Ralph Waldo Emerson ( 10 of 488 )
For what avail the plough or sail, Or land or life, if freedom fail?
For what avail the plough or sail, Or land or life, if freedom fail?
What is a man born for but to be a reformer, a remaker of what has been made, a denouncer read more
What is a man born for but to be a reformer, a remaker of what has been made, a denouncer of lies, a restorer of truth and good?
As long as a man stands in his own way, everything seems to be in his way.
As long as a man stands in his own way, everything seems to be in his way.
Patience and fortitude conquer all things
Patience and fortitude conquer all things
Nothing is rich but the inexhaustible wealth of nature. She shows us only surfaces, but she is a million fathoms read more
Nothing is rich but the inexhaustible wealth of nature. She shows us only surfaces, but she is a million fathoms deep.
The quality of the imagination is to flow and not to freeze
The quality of the imagination is to flow and not to freeze
Nature magically suits a man to his fortunes, by making them the fruit of his character.
Nature magically suits a man to his fortunes, by making them the fruit of his character.
It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.
It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.
As soon as there is life there is danger.
As soon as there is life there is danger.
We are students of words: we are shut up in schools, and colleges, and recitation-rooms, for ten or fifteen years, read more
We are students of words: we are shut up in schools, and colleges, and recitation-rooms, for ten or fifteen years, and come out at last with a bag of wind, a memory of words, and do not know a thing.
