God may forgive sins, he said, but awkwardness has no forgiveness in heaven or earth

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Sin Quotes

People only see what they are prepared to see.

People only see what they are prepared to see.

If government knew how, I should like to see it check, not multiply, the population....

If government knew how, I should like to see it check, not multiply, the population....

Words are also actions, and actions are a kind of words.

Words are also actions, and actions are a kind of words.

Public opinion, I am sorry to say, will bear a great deal of nonsense. There...

Public opinion, I am sorry to say, will bear a great deal of nonsense. There...

What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have never been discovered.

What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have never been discovered.

Great geniuses have the shortest biographies

Great geniuses have the shortest biographies

You shall have joy, or you shall have power, said God; you shall not have...

You shall have joy, or you shall have power, said God; you shall not have...

Ideas must work through the brains and arms of good and brave men, or they...

Ideas must work through the brains and arms of good and brave men, or they...

That man is idle who can do something better

That man is idle who can do something better

We must be our own before we can be another's.

We must be our own before we can be another's.

The reason why all men honor love is because it looks up, and not down;...

The reason why all men honor love is because it looks up, and not down;...

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.

Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path...

Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path...

The health of the eye seems to demand a horizon. We are never tired, so...

The health of the eye seems to demand a horizon. We are never tired, so...

Be true to your own act and congratulate yourself if you have done something strange...

Be true to your own act and congratulate yourself if you have done something strange...

Every man is a channel through which heaven floweth

Every man is a channel through which heaven floweth

The colleges, while they provide us with libraries, furnish no professors of books; and I...

The colleges, while they provide us with libraries, furnish no professors of books; and I...

Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air¦

Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air¦

Getting an Education from MIT is like taking a drink from a Fire Hose.

Getting an Education from MIT is like taking a drink from a Fire Hose.

Strong drink stupefies a man and makes it possible for him to forget; it gives...

Strong drink stupefies a man and makes it possible for him to forget; it gives...