Give a boy address and accomplishments and you give him the mastery of palaces and fortunes where he goes.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes

I would have the studies elective. Scholarship is to be created not by compulsion, but...

I would have the studies elective. Scholarship is to be created not by compulsion, but...

Every man has his own vocation, talent is the call.

Every man has his own vocation, talent is the call.

That man is idle who can do something better

That man is idle who can do something better

Love is like wildflowers; It's often found in the most unlikely places.

Love is like wildflowers; It's often found in the most unlikely places.

Man is a piece of the universe made alive

Man is a piece of the universe made alive

There is a tendency for things to right themselves.

There is a tendency for things to right themselves.

Trust men and they will be true to you; treat them greatly and they will...

Trust men and they will be true to you; treat them greatly and they will...

Science does not know its debt to imagination.

Science does not know its debt to imagination.

The less government we have the better.

The less government we have the better.

Do not believe that possibly you can escape the reward of your action.

Do not believe that possibly you can escape the reward of your action.

If the stars should appear but one night every thousand years how man would marvel...

If the stars should appear but one night every thousand years how man would marvel...

People with great gifts are easy to find, but symmetrical and balanced ones never.

People with great gifts are easy to find, but symmetrical and balanced ones never.

Every man I meet is in some way my superior.

Every man I meet is in some way my superior.

There is then creative reading as well as creative writing

There is then creative reading as well as creative writing

Conservatism makes no poetry, breathes no prayer, has no invention; it is all memory. Reform...

Conservatism makes no poetry, breathes no prayer, has no invention; it is all memory. Reform...

It is not length of life, but depth of life.

It is not length of life, but depth of life.

Manners require time, and nothing is more vulgar than haste.

Manners require time, and nothing is more vulgar than haste.

Between eighteen and twenty, life is like an exchange where one buys stocks, not with...

Between eighteen and twenty, life is like an exchange where one buys stocks, not with...

I have enough money to last me the rest of my life, unless I buy...

I have enough money to last me the rest of my life, unless I buy...

Now it came to pass, that at what time the chest was brought unto the...

Now it came to pass, that at what time the chest was brought unto the...