Ralph Waldo Emerson ( 10 of 488 )
The only reward of virtue is virtue; the only way to have a friend is to be one
The only reward of virtue is virtue; the only way to have a friend is to be one
I can find my biography in every fable that I read.
I can find my biography in every fable that I read.
There was never a child so lovely but his mother was glad to get him asleep.
There was never a child so lovely but his mother was glad to get him asleep.
A man is the whole encyclopedia of facts. The creation of a
thousand forests is in one acorn, and read more
A man is the whole encyclopedia of facts. The creation of a
thousand forests is in one acorn, and Egypt, Greece, Rome, Gaul,
Britain, America, lie folded already in the first man.
Patience and fortitude conquer all things
Patience and fortitude conquer all things
To believe your own thought, to believe that what is true for you in your private heart is true for read more
To believe your own thought, to believe that what is true for you in your private heart is true for all men--that is genius.
An eye can threaten like a loaded and levelled gun, or it can insult like hissing or kicking; or, in read more
An eye can threaten like a loaded and levelled gun, or it can insult like hissing or kicking; or, in its altered mood, by beams of kindness, it can make the heart dance for joy.
Harmony of aim, not identity of conclusion, is the secret of sympathetic life.
Harmony of aim, not identity of conclusion, is the secret of sympathetic life.
The people are to be taken in very small doses.
The people are to be taken in very small doses.
Men love to wonder, and that is the seed of science.
Men love to wonder, and that is the seed of science.
