Few people know how to take a walk. The qualifications are endurance, plain clothes, old shoes, an eye for nature, good humor, vast curiosity, good speech, good silence and nothing too much.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Humor Quotes

Nothing external to you has any power over you.

Nothing external to you has any power over you.

Life wastes itself while we are preparing to live.

Life wastes itself while we are preparing to live.

Great men or men of great gifts you shall easily find, but symmetrical men never.

Great men or men of great gifts you shall easily find, but symmetrical men never.

We gain the strength of the temptation we resist.

We gain the strength of the temptation we resist.

As the traveler who has lost his way, throws his reins on his horse's neck,...

As the traveler who has lost his way, throws his reins on his horse's neck,...

Every hero becomes a bore at last.

Every hero becomes a bore at last.

Men should take their knowledge from the Sun, the Moon and the Stars.

Men should take their knowledge from the Sun, the Moon and the Stars.

Love, and you shall be loved

Love, and you shall be loved

Happy is the house that shelters a friend

Happy is the house that shelters a friend

People only see what they are prepared to see.

People only see what they are prepared to see.

Genius is its own end, and draws its means and the style of its architecture...

Genius is its own end, and draws its means and the style of its architecture...

Every wall is a door.

Every wall is a door.

The end of the human race will be that it will eventually die of civilization.

The end of the human race will be that it will eventually die of civilization.

Beauty is an outward gift, which is seldom despised, except by those to whom it...

Beauty is an outward gift, which is seldom despised, except by those to whom it...

Fine manners need the support of fine manners in others.

Fine manners need the support of fine manners in others.

Unhappy is the man whom man can make unhappy

Unhappy is the man whom man can make unhappy

The music that can deepest reach, And cure all ill, is cordial speech

The music that can deepest reach, And cure all ill, is cordial speech

There can be no high civility without a deep morality

There can be no high civility without a deep morality

Without adventure civilization is in full decay

Without adventure civilization is in full decay

Our civilization lacks humane feeling. We are humans who are insufficiently humane! We must realize...

Our civilization lacks humane feeling. We are humans who are insufficiently humane! We must realize...

Ghandi's seven sins: Wealth without work Pleasure without conscience Knowledge without character Commerce without morality...

Ghandi's seven sins: Wealth without work Pleasure without conscience Knowledge without character Commerce without morality...