Ralph Waldo Emerson ( 10 of 488 )
Like any other gift, the gift of grace can be yours only if you'll reach out and take it. Maybe read more
Like any other gift, the gift of grace can be yours only if you'll reach out and take it. Maybe being able to reach out and take it is a gift too.
Born for success he seemed, With grace to win, with heart to hold, With shining gifts that took all eyes
Born for success he seemed, With grace to win, with heart to hold, With shining gifts that took all eyes
As the Sandwich-Islander believes that the strength and valor of the enemy he kills passes into himself, so we gain read more
As the Sandwich-Islander believes that the strength and valor of the enemy he kills passes into himself, so we gain the strength of the temptations we resist.
It is dainty to be sick if you have leisure and convenience for it.
It is dainty to be sick if you have leisure and convenience for it.
An empire is an immense egotism.
An empire is an immense egotism.
The profoundest thought or passion sleeps as in a mine, until an equal mind and heart finds and publishes it.
The profoundest thought or passion sleeps as in a mine, until an equal mind and heart finds and publishes it.
The gift, to be true, must be the flowing of the giver unto me,
correspondent to my flowing unto read more
The gift, to be true, must be the flowing of the giver unto me,
correspondent to my flowing unto him.
The silence that accepts merit as the most natural thing in the world is the highest applause.
The silence that accepts merit as the most natural thing in the world is the highest applause.
Trust the instinct to the end, though you can render no reason
Trust the instinct to the end, though you can render no reason
A man's personal defects will commonly have with the rest of the world precisely that importance which they have to read more
A man's personal defects will commonly have with the rest of the world precisely that importance which they have to himself. If he makes light of them, so will other men.
