Ralph Waldo Emerson ( 10 of 488 )
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
There is properly no history, only biography.
There is properly no history, only biography.
Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.
Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.
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.
A good indignation brings out all one's powers.
A good indignation brings out all one's powers.
Enthusiasm is the mother of effort, and without it nothing great was ever achieved.
Enthusiasm is the mother of effort, and without it nothing great was ever achieved.
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.
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.
My work is a game, a very serious game.
My work is a game, a very serious game.
Every reform was once a private opinion, and when it shall be a private opinion again, it will solve the read more
Every reform was once a private opinion, and when it shall be a private opinion again, it will solve the problem of the age.
