Ralph Waldo Emerson ( 10 of 488 )
Spartans, stoics, heroes, saints and gods use short and positive speech.
Spartans, stoics, heroes, saints and gods use short and positive speech.
Men talk as if victory were something fortunate. Work is victory.
Men talk as if victory were something fortunate. Work is victory.
We all boil at different degrees
We all boil at different degrees
We change, whether we like it or not
We change, whether we like it or not
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.
There are many things of which a wise man might wish to be ignorant
There are many things of which a wise man might wish to be ignorant
The hero is not fed on sweets,
Daily his own heart he eats;
Chambers of the great read more
The hero is not fed on sweets,
Daily his own heart he eats;
Chambers of the great are jails,
And head-winds right for royal sails.
It is easy in the world to live after the world's opinion; it is easy in solitude after our own; read more
It is easy in the world to live after the world's opinion; it is easy in solitude after our own; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude.
