The wise man in the storm prays God, not for safety from danger, but for deliverance from fear

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Wisdom Quotes

All history is but the lengthened shadow of a great man

All history is but the lengthened shadow of a great man

It is hard to go beyond your public. If they are satisfied with cheap performance,...

It is hard to go beyond your public. If they are satisfied with cheap performance,...

Hence arose the saying, If I love you, what is that to you? We say...

Hence arose the saying, If I love you, what is that to you? We say...

A man is a God in ruins.

A man is a God in ruins.

I like the silence of a church, before the service begins better than any preaching.

I like the silence of a church, before the service begins better than any preaching.

Reality is a sliding door.

Reality is a sliding door.

Be a little careful about your library. Do you foresee what you will do with...

Be a little careful about your library. Do you foresee what you will do with...

God screens us evermore from premature ideas.

God screens us evermore from premature ideas.

A man is a little thing while he works by and for himself; but when...

A man is a little thing while he works by and for himself; but when...

Life is short, but there is always time enough for courtesy.

Life is short, but there is always time enough for courtesy.

Cause and effect are two sides of one fact.

Cause and effect are two sides of one fact.

America is another name for opportunity.

America is another name for opportunity.

A man is a method, a progressive arrangement; a selecting principle, gathering his like to...

A man is a method, a progressive arrangement; a selecting principle, gathering his like to...

Do not waste yourself in rejection; do not bark against the bad, but chant the...

Do not waste yourself in rejection; do not bark against the bad, but chant the...

Love of beauty is Taste. The creation of beauty is Art.

Love of beauty is Taste. The creation of beauty is Art.

Good manners are made up of petty sacrifices

Good manners are made up of petty sacrifices

When we quarrel, how we wish we had been blameless.

When we quarrel, how we wish we had been blameless.

The mind does not create what it perceives, any more than the eye creates the...

The mind does not create what it perceives, any more than the eye creates the...

Men's minds are raised to the level of the women with whom they associate

Men's minds are raised to the level of the women with whom they associate

A mediocre mind thinks it writes divinely; a good mind thinks it writes reasonably

A mediocre mind thinks it writes divinely; a good mind thinks it writes reasonably