Ralph Waldo Emerson ( 10 of 488 )
God enters by a private door into every individual.
God enters by a private door into every individual.
Impossible only means that you haven't found the solution yet.
Impossible only means that you haven't found the solution yet.
A nation never falls but by suicide.
A nation never falls but by suicide.
A cynic can chill and dishearten with a single word.
A cynic can chill and dishearten with a single word.
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.
Every sweet hath its sour, every evil its good.
Every sweet hath its sour, every evil its good.
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.
A good intention clothes itself with sudden power.
A good intention clothes itself with sudden power.
Works of the intellect are great only by comparison with each
other.
Works of the intellect are great only by comparison with each
other.
It is impossible for a man to be cheated by anyone but himself.
It is impossible for a man to be cheated by anyone but himself.
