Maxioms by Ralph Waldo Emerson
The first farmer was the first man, and all historic nobility
rests on possession and use of land.
The first farmer was the first man, and all historic nobility
rests on possession and use of land.
The finest and noblest ground on which people can live is truth; the real with the real; a ground on read more
The finest and noblest ground on which people can live is truth; the real with the real; a ground on which nothing is assumed.
Daughter of Time, the hypocrite Days,
Muffled and dumb like barefoot dervishes,
And marching single in an read more
Daughter of Time, the hypocrite Days,
Muffled and dumb like barefoot dervishes,
And marching single in an endless file,
Bring diadems and fagots in their hands;
To each they offer gifts after his will,
Bread, kingdom, stars, and sky that holds them all;
I, in my pleached garden watched the pomp
Forgot my morning wishes, hastily
Took a few herbs and apples, and the Day
Turned and departed silent. I too late
Under her solemn fillet saw the scorn.
Great men are they who see that the spiritual is stronger than any material force.
Great men are they who see that the spiritual is stronger than any material force.
Without a rich heart wealth is an ugly beggar.
Without a rich heart wealth is an ugly beggar.
