Ralph Waldo Emerson ( 10 of 488 )
There is no strong performance without a little fanaticism in the performer.
There is no strong performance without a little fanaticism in the performer.
Belief consists in accepting the affirmations of the soul; unbelief, in denying them.
Belief consists in accepting the affirmations of the soul; unbelief, in denying them.
He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, and he who has one enemy will meet read more
He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, and he who has one enemy will meet him everywhere.
Nothing is more simple than greatness; indeed, to be simple is to be great.
Nothing is more simple than greatness; indeed, to be simple is to be great.
Knowledge exists to be imparted.
Knowledge exists to be imparted.
Friendship is an order of nobility; from its revelations we come more worthily into nature.
Friendship is an order of nobility; from its revelations we come more worthily into nature.
Men lose their tempers in defending their taste.
Men lose their tempers in defending their taste.
My evening visitors, if they cannot see the clock, should find the time in my face.
My evening visitors, if they cannot see the clock, should find the time in my face.
The world always had the same bankrupt look, to foregoing ages as to us.
The world always had the same bankrupt look, to foregoing ages as to us.
The end of the human race will be that it will eventually die of civilization.
The end of the human race will be that it will eventually die of civilization.
