Ralph Waldo Emerson ( 10 of 488 )
The man who has seen the rising moon break out of the clouds at midnight has been present like an read more
The man who has seen the rising moon break out of the clouds at midnight has been present like an archangel at the creation of light and of the world
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.
A good intention but fixed and resolute - bent on high and holy ends, we shall find means to them read more
A good intention but fixed and resolute - bent on high and holy ends, we shall find means to them on every side and at every moment; and even obstacles and opposition will but make us "like the fabled specter-ships," which sail the fastest in the very teeth of the wind.
A cynic can chill and dishearten with a single word
A cynic can chill and dishearten with a single word
Beware when the great God lets loose a thinker on this planet.
Beware when the great God lets loose a thinker on this planet.
When Nature has work to be done, she creates a genius to do it.
When Nature has work to be done, she creates a genius to do it.
I hate quotation. Tell me what you know.
I hate quotation. Tell me what you know.
The sea returning day by day
Restores the world-wide mart.
So let each dweller on the Bay
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The sea returning day by day
Restores the world-wide mart.
So let each dweller on the Bay
Fold Boston in his heart
Till these echoes be choked with snows
Or over the town blue ocean flows.
Only an inventor knows how to borrow, and every man is or should be an inventor.
Only an inventor knows how to borrow, and every man is or should be an inventor.
The man in the street does not know a star in the sky.
The man in the street does not know a star in the sky.
