Ralph Waldo Emerson ( 10 of 488 )
And striving to be Man, the worm
Mounts through all the spires of form.
And striving to be Man, the worm
Mounts through all the spires of form.
Love of beauty is Taste. The creation of beauty is Art.
Love of beauty is Taste. The creation of beauty is Art.
You shall have joy, or you shall have power, said God; you shall not have both
You shall have joy, or you shall have power, said God; you shall not have both
The end of the human race will be that it will eventually die of civilization.
The end of the human race will be that it will eventually die of civilization.
Wilt thou seal up the avenues of ill? Pay every debt as if God wrote the bill.
Wilt thou seal up the avenues of ill? Pay every debt as if God wrote the bill.
If a man has good corn, or wood, or boards, or pigs to sell, or
can make better chairs read more
If a 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. And if a man knows the law,
people will find it out, tho he live in a pine shanty, and resort
to him. And if a man can pipe or sing, so as to wrap the
prisoned soul in an elysium; or can paint landscape, and convey
into oils and ochers all the enchantments of spring or autumn; or
can liberate or intoxicate all people who hear him with delicious
songs and verses, 'tis certain that the secret can not be kept:
the first witness tells it to a second, and men go by fives and
tens and fifties to his door.
Trust men and they will be true to you; treat them greatly, and they will show themselves great.
Trust men and they will be true to you; treat them greatly, and they will show themselves great.
The alleged power to charm down insanity, or ferocity in beasts,
is a power behind the eye.
The alleged power to charm down insanity, or ferocity in beasts,
is a power behind the eye.
Friendship is an order of nobility; from its revelations we come more worthily into nature.
Friendship is an order of nobility; from its revelations we come more worthily into nature.
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.
