Ralph Waldo Emerson ( 10 of 488 )
In skating over thin ice our safety is in our speed.
In skating over thin ice our safety is in our speed.
The civilized man has built a coach, but has lost the use of his feet.
The civilized man has built a coach, but has lost the use of his feet.
In sculpture did ever anybody call the Apollo a fancy piece? Or
say of the Laocoon how it might read more
In sculpture did ever anybody call the Apollo a fancy piece? Or
say of the Laocoon how it might be made difference? A
masterpiece of art has in the mind a fixed place in the chain of
being, as much as a plant or a crystal.
Without a rich heart wealth is an ugly beggar.
Without a rich heart wealth is an ugly beggar.
Trust the instinct to the end, though you can render no reason
Trust the instinct to the end, though you can render no reason
For everything you have missed, you have gained something else, and for everything you gain, you lose something else.
For everything you have missed, you have gained something else, and for everything you gain, you lose something else.
Daughter of heaven and earth, coy Spring,
With sudden passion languishing,
Teaching barren moors to smile,
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Daughter of heaven and earth, coy Spring,
With sudden passion languishing,
Teaching barren moors to smile,
Painting pictures mile on mile,
Holds a cup of cowslip wreaths
Whence a smokeless incense breathes.
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 consider theology to be the rhetoric of morals.
I consider theology to be the rhetoric of morals.
How much of human life is lost in waiting.
How much of human life is lost in waiting.
