Ralph Waldo Emerson ( 10 of 488 )
No man acquires property without acquiring with it a little arithmetic also.
No man acquires property without acquiring with it a little arithmetic also.
Not from a vain or shallow thought
His awful Jove young Phidias brought.
Not from a vain or shallow thought
His awful Jove young Phidias brought.
Peace has its victories, but it takes a brave man to win them.
Peace has its victories, but it takes a brave man to win them.
Belief consists in accepting the affirmations of the soul; unbelief, in denying them.
Belief consists in accepting the affirmations of the soul; unbelief, in denying them.
A good intention but fixed and resolute - bent on high and holy ends, we shall find means to them read more
A good intention but fixed and resolute - bent on high and holy ends, we shall find means to them on every side and at every moment; and even obstacles and opposition will but make us "like the fabled specter-ships," which sail the fastest in the very teeth of the wind.
I do not see how a barbarous community and a civilized community
can constitute a state. I think we read more
I do not see how a barbarous community and a civilized community
can constitute a state. I think we must get rid of slavery or we
must get rid of freedom.
Language is a city to the building of which every human being
brought a stone.
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Language is a city to the building of which every human being
brought a stone.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson,
Every burned book enlightens the world.
Every burned book enlightens the world.
Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen.
Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen.
The greatest meliorator of the world is selfish, huckstering
trade.
The greatest meliorator of the world is selfish, huckstering
trade.
