Ralph Waldo Emerson ( 10 of 488 )
Works of the intellect are great only by comparison with each
other.
Works of the intellect are great only by comparison with each
other.
A nation never falls but by suicide.
A nation never falls but by suicide.
The ship of heaven guides itself and will not accept a wooden rudder.
The ship of heaven guides itself and will not accept a wooden rudder.
The machine unmakes the man. Now that the machine is so perfect, the engineer is nobody.
The machine unmakes the man. Now that the machine is so perfect, the engineer is nobody.
Every sweet hath its sour, every evil its good.
Every sweet hath its sour, every evil its good.
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.
Nor count compartments of the floors,
But mount to paradise
By the stairway of surprise.
Nor count compartments of the floors,
But mount to paradise
By the stairway of surprise.
Glittering generalities! They are blazing ubiquities.
Glittering generalities! They are blazing ubiquities.
There is no true orator who is not a hero.
There is no true orator who is not a hero.
Commerce is of trivial import; love, faith, truth of character, the aspiration of man, these are sacred.
Commerce is of trivial import; love, faith, truth of character, the aspiration of man, these are sacred.
