Ralph Waldo Emerson ( 10 of 488 )
The imagination and the senses cannot be gratified at the same time.
The imagination and the senses cannot be gratified at the same time.
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
No man should travel until he has learned the language of the country he visits. Otherwise he voluntarily makes himself read more
No man should travel until he has learned the language of the country he visits. Otherwise he voluntarily makes himself a great baby-so helpless and so ridiculous.
This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what to do with it.
This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what to do with it.
Go put your creed into your deed,
Not speak with double tongue.
Go put your creed into your deed,
Not speak with double tongue.
No one is too big to be courteous, but some are too little
No one is too big to be courteous, but some are too little
Where there is no vision a people perish.
Where there is no vision a people perish.
Whenever you are sincerely pleased you are nourished.
Whenever you are sincerely pleased you are nourished.
Men are respectable only as they respect.
Men are respectable only as they respect.
The bigger they are, the further they have to fall.
The bigger they are, the further they have to fall.
