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Ralph Waldo Emerson
Be a little...
Be a little careful about your library. Do you foresee what you will do with it? Very little to be sure. But the real...
Every fact is...
Every fact is related on one side to sensation, and, on the other, to morals. The game of thought is, on the...
Always do what...
Always do what you are afraid to do.
Source: Wriston's 'Risk and Other Four-Letter...
As every man...
As every man is hunted by his own daemon, vexed by his own disease, this checks all his...
At the entrance...
At the entrance of a second person, hypocrisy begins.
Source: In
Books are for...
Books are for nothing but to inspire.
Source: The American Scholar.
-- Ralph...
Everything intercepts us...
Everything intercepts us from ourselves.
Source: In
Art is the...
Art is the path of the creator to his work.
Source: In
As long as...
As long as a man stands in his own way, everything seems to be in his way.
Source:...
Better be a...
Better be a nettle in the side of your friend than his echo.
Source: In Webster's...
Books are the...
Books are the best of things if well used; if abused, among the worst. They are good for nothing but to...
Fate, then, is...
Fate, then, is a name for facts not yet passed under the fire of thought; for causes which are...
Be an opener...
Be an opener of doors.
Source: In
Beauty without grace...
Beauty without grace is the hook without the bait.
Source: From Ashleys collection...
Blame is safer...
Blame is safer than praise.
Source: In Webster's Electronic Quotebase, ed. Keith...
Culture is one...
Culture is one thing and varnish is another.
Source: In Webster's Electronic...
Fear always springs...
Fear always springs from ignorance.
Source: In Webster's Electronic Quotebase, ed....
Beauty is the...
Beauty is the mark God sets on virtue. Every natural action is graceful; every heroic act is also decent, and causes...
Big jobs usually...
Big jobs usually go to the men who prove their ability to outgrow small ones.
By persisting in...
By persisting in your path, though you forfeit the little, you gain the great.