Maxioms by Ralph Waldo Emerson
The bigger they are, the further they have to fall.
The bigger they are, the further they have to fall.
I like to be beholden to the great metropolitan English speech,
the sea which receives tributaries from every region read more
I like to be beholden to the great metropolitan English speech,
the sea which receives tributaries from every region under
heaven. I should as soon think of swimming across the Charles
river when I wish to go to Boston, as of reading all my books in
originals, when I have them rendered for me in my mother tongue.
A man makes inferiors his superiors by heat; self control is the rule. Anger is an uncontrollable feeling that betrays read more
A man makes inferiors his superiors by heat; self control is the rule. Anger is an uncontrollable feeling that betrays what you are when you are not yourself. Anger is that powerful internal force that blows out the light of reason. Know this to be the enemy: it is anger, born of desire. -Ralph Waldo Emerson.
The foundations of a person are not in matter but in spirit.
The foundations of a person are not in matter but in spirit.
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.
