Ralph Waldo Emerson ( 10 of 488 )
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.
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.
Act, if you like, but you do it at your peril. Men's actions are too strong for them. Show me read more
Act, if you like, but you do it at your peril. Men's actions are too strong for them. Show me a man who has acted and who has not been the victim and slave of his action.
No law can be sacred to me but that of my nature.
No law can be sacred to me but that of my nature.
Eloquence is the power to translate a truth into language perfectly intelligible to the person to whom you speak.
Eloquence is the power to translate a truth into language perfectly intelligible to the person to whom you speak.
The human body is a magazine of inventions, the patent office, where are the models from which every hint is read more
The human body is a magazine of inventions, the patent office, where are the models from which every hint is taken. All the tools and engines on earth are only extensions of its limbs and senses.
Men lose their tempers in defending their taste.
Men lose their tempers in defending their taste.
The word unto the prophet spoken
Was writ on tablets yet unbroken:
The word by seers or read more
The word unto the prophet spoken
Was writ on tablets yet unbroken:
The word by seers or sibyls told,
In groves of oak or fanes of gold,
Still floats upon the morning wind,
Still whispers to the willing mind.
The greatest gift is a portion of thyself.
The greatest gift is a portion of thyself.
What a new face courage puts on everything!
What a new face courage puts on everything!
