Ralph Waldo Emerson ( 10 of 488 )
We are wiser than we know.
We are wiser than we know.
Character is higher than intellect. A great soul will be strong to live as well as think.
Character is higher than intellect. A great soul will be strong to live as well as think.
We love force and we care very little how it is exhibited.
We love force and we care very little how it is exhibited.
Nature never sends a great man into the planet, without confiding
the secret to another soul.
Nature never sends a great man into the planet, without confiding
the secret to another soul.
Burly, dozing humblebee,
Where thou art is clime for me.
Let them sail for Porto Rique,
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Burly, dozing humblebee,
Where thou art is clime for me.
Let them sail for Porto Rique,
Far-off heats through seas to seek.
I will follow thee alone,
Thou animated torrid-zone!
I pay the schoolmaster but 'tis the schoolboys who educate my son.
I pay the schoolmaster but 'tis the schoolboys who educate my son.
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.
The whole of what we know is a system of compensations. Each suffering is rewarded; each sacrifice is made up; read more
The whole of what we know is a system of compensations. Each suffering is rewarded; each sacrifice is made up; every debt is paid.
Self-trust is the first secret of success
Self-trust is the first secret of success
All life is an experiment.
All life is an experiment.
