Ralph Waldo Emerson ( 10 of 488 )
We do not quite forgive a giver. The hand that feeds us is in some danger of being bitten.
We do not quite forgive a giver. The hand that feeds us is in some danger of being bitten.
For what are they all in their high conceit,
When man in the bush with God may meet?
For what are they all in their high conceit,
When man in the bush with God may meet?
Men wish to be saved from the mischiefs of their vices, but not from their vices.
Men wish to be saved from the mischiefs of their vices, but not from their vices.
Dear to us are those who love us. . . but dearer are those who reject us as unworthy, for read more
Dear to us are those who love us. . . but dearer are those who reject us as unworthy, for they add another life; they build a heaven before us whereof we had not dreamed, and thereby supply to us new powers out of the recesses of the spirit . . .
We do what we must, and call it by the best names.
We do what we must, and call it by the best names.
My angel,--his name is Freedom,--
Choose him to be your king;
He shall cut pathways east and read more
My angel,--his name is Freedom,--
Choose him to be your king;
He shall cut pathways east and west,
And fend you with his wing.
Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.
Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.
All history is a record of the power of minorities, and of minorities of one.
All history is a record of the power of minorities, and of minorities of one.
He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, while he who has one enemy shall meet read more
He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, while he who has one enemy shall meet him everywhere.
