Ralph Waldo Emerson ( 10 of 488 )
Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experience.
Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experience.
Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.
Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.
A cynic can chill and dishearten with a single word
A cynic can chill and dishearten with a single word
Traveling is a fool's paradise. Our first journeys discover to us the indifference of places.
Traveling is a fool's paradise. Our first journeys discover to us the indifference of places.
My angel,--his name is Freedom,--
Choose him to be your king;
He shall cut pathways east and read more
My angel,--his name is Freedom,--
Choose him to be your king;
He shall cut pathways east and west,
And fend you with his wing.
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.
Men lose their tempers in defending their taste.
Men lose their tempers in defending their taste.
The man who can make hard things easy is the educator.
The man who can make hard things easy is the educator.
Nothing is more simple than greatness; indeed, to be simple is to be great.
Nothing is more simple than greatness; indeed, to be simple is to be great.
Earth proudly wears the Parthenon
As best gem upon her zone.
Earth proudly wears the Parthenon
As best gem upon her zone.
