Ralph Waldo Emerson ( 10 of 488 )
The virtue in most request is conformity.
The virtue in most request is conformity.
Conversation is the laboratory and workshop of the student.
Conversation is the laboratory and workshop of the student.
Men are what their mothers made them.
Men are what their mothers made them.
Beware when the great God lets loose a thinker on this planet.
Beware when the great God lets loose a thinker on this planet.
The mind does not create what it perceives, any more than the eye creates the rose.
The mind does not create what it perceives, any more than the eye creates the rose.
Insist on yourself; never imitate.
Insist on yourself; never imitate.
Fear always springs from ignorance.
Fear always springs from ignorance.
Enthusiasm is the mother of effort, and without it nothing great was ever achieved.
Enthusiasm is the mother of effort, and without it nothing great was ever achieved.
Every man alone is sincere. At the entrance of a second person, hypocrisy begins.
Every man alone is sincere. At the entrance of a second person, hypocrisy begins.
To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment .
To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment .
