Ralph Waldo Emerson ( 10 of 488 )
The April winds are magical,
And thrill our tuneful frames;
The garden-walks are passional
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The April winds are magical,
And thrill our tuneful frames;
The garden-walks are passional
To bachelors and dames.
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.
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
No man ever prayed heartily without learning something.
No man ever prayed heartily without learning something.
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.
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.
For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.
For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.
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.
Give no bounties: make equal laws: secure life and prosperity
and you need not give alms.
Give no bounties: make equal laws: secure life and prosperity
and you need not give alms.
There is no teaching until the pupil is brought into the same
state or principle in which you are; read more
There is no teaching until the pupil is brought into the same
state or principle in which you are; a transfusion takes place;
he is you, and you are he; there is a teaching; and by no
unfriendly chance or bad company can he ever quite lose the
benefit.
