Ralph Waldo Emerson ( 10 of 488 )
The mob is man voluntarily descending to the nature of the beast.
The mob is man voluntarily descending to the nature of the beast.
The quality of the imagination is to flow and not to freeze.
The quality of the imagination is to flow and not to freeze.
Born for success he seemed, With grace to win, with heart to hold, With shining gifts that took all eyes
Born for success he seemed, With grace to win, with heart to hold, With shining gifts that took all eyes
Echo waits with art and care
And will the faults of song repair.
Echo waits with art and care
And will the faults of song repair.
The man in the street does not know a star in the sky.
The man in the street does not know a star in the sky.
For the world was built in order
Around the atoms march in tune;
Rhyme the pipe, and read more
For the world was built in order
Around the atoms march in tune;
Rhyme the pipe, and Time the warder,
The sun obeys them, and the moon.
It is dainty to be sick if you have leisure and convenience for it.
It is dainty to be sick if you have leisure and convenience for it.
No man ever prayed heartily without learning something.
No man ever prayed heartily without learning something.
The god of victory is said to be one-handed, but peace gives victory on both sides.
The god of victory is said to be one-handed, but peace gives victory on both sides.
For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.
For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.
