Ralph Waldo Emerson ( 10 of 488 )
Our high respect for a well-read man is praise enough of literature.
Our high respect for a well-read man is praise enough of literature.
Cupid is a casuist, a mystic, and a cabalist,--
Can your lurking thought surprise,
And interpret your read more
Cupid is a casuist, a mystic, and a cabalist,--
Can your lurking thought surprise,
And interpret your device,
. . . .
All things wait for and divine him,--
How shall I dare to malign him?
Valor consists in the power of self recovery.
Valor consists in the power of self recovery.
The studious class are their own victims; they are thin and pale,
their feet are cold, their heads are read more
The studious class are their own victims; they are thin and pale,
their feet are cold, their heads are hot, the night is without
sleep, the day a fear of interruption,--pallor, squalor, hunger,
and egotism. If you come near them and see what conceits they
entertain--they are abstractionists, and spend their days and
nights in dreaming some dream; in expecting the homage of society
to some precious scheme built on a truth, but destitute of
proportion in its presentment, of justness in its application,
and of all energy of will in the schemer to embody and vitalize
it.
Only an inventor knows how to borrow, and every man is or should be an inventor.
Only an inventor knows how to borrow, and every man is or should be an inventor.
The profoundest thought or passion sleeps as in a mine, until an equal mind and heart finds and publishes it.
The profoundest thought or passion sleeps as in a mine, until an equal mind and heart finds and publishes it.
The mob is man voluntarily descending to the nature of the beast.
The mob is man voluntarily descending to the nature of the beast.
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.
Religion is to do right. It is to love, it is to serve, it is to think, it is to read more
Religion is to do right. It is to love, it is to serve, it is to think, it is to be humble.
The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service
of others.
The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service
of others.
