Ralph Waldo Emerson ( 10 of 488 )
Concentration is the secret of strength.
Concentration is the secret of strength.
Society is infested by persons who, seeing that the sentiments please, counterfeit the expression of them. These we call sentimentalists--talkers read more
Society is infested by persons who, seeing that the sentiments please, counterfeit the expression of them. These we call sentimentalists--talkers who mistake the description for the thing, saying for having.
No member of a crew is praised for the rugged individuality of his rowing.
No member of a crew is praised for the rugged individuality of his rowing.
If the single man plant himself indomitably on his instincts, and
there abide, the huge world will come round read more
If the single man plant himself indomitably on his instincts, and
there abide, the huge world will come round to him.
If man has good corn, or wood, or boards, or pigs to sell, or can make better chairs or knives, read more
If man has good corn, or wood, or boards, or pigs to sell, or can make better chairs or knives, crucibles, or church organs, than anybody else, you will find a broad, hard-beaten road to his house, tho it be in the woods.
Nature... She pardons no mistakes. Her yea is yea, and her nay, nay.
Nature... She pardons no mistakes. Her yea is yea, and her nay, nay.
Our best thoughts come from others.
Our best thoughts come from others.
We are born believing. A man bears beliefs, as a tree bears apples.
We are born believing. A man bears beliefs, as a tree bears apples.
We must be our own before we can be another's.
We must be our own before we can be another's.
What you do speaks so loud that I cannot hear what you say.
What you do speaks so loud that I cannot hear what you say.
