Ralph Waldo Emerson ( 10 of 488 )
No law can be sacred to me but that of my nature.
No law can be sacred to me but that of my nature.
With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do. . . .
Speak what you think to-day in read more
With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do. . . .
Speak what you think to-day in words as hard as cannon balls, and
to-morrow speak what to-morrow thinks in hard words again, though
it contradict everything you said to-day.
People do not deserve to have good writings; they are so pleased with the bad.
People do not deserve to have good writings; they are so pleased with the bad.
An eye can threaten like a loaded and levelled gun, or it can insult like hissing or kicking; or, in read more
An eye can threaten like a loaded and levelled gun, or it can insult like hissing or kicking; or, in its altered mood, by beams of kindness, it can make the heart dance for joy.
A man in debt is so far a slave.
A man in debt is so far a slave.
Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes.
Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes.
I can find my biography in every fable that I read.
I can find my biography in every fable that I read.
We change, whether we like it or not
We change, whether we like it or not
You cannot see the mountain near
You cannot see the mountain near
My evening visitors, if they cannot see the clock, should find the time in my face.
My evening visitors, if they cannot see the clock, should find the time in my face.
