A chief event of life is the day in which we have encountered a mind that startled us.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Life Quotes

A man known to us only as a celebrity in politics or in trade, gains...

A man known to us only as a celebrity in politics or in trade, gains...

Be as beneficent as the sun or the sea, but if your rights as a...

Be as beneficent as the sun or the sea, but if your rights as a...

The value of a principle is the number of things it will explain; and there...

The value of a principle is the number of things it will explain; and there...

America is another name for opportunity.

America is another name for opportunity.

A man's growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends.

A man's growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends.

There is always safety in valor.

There is always safety in valor.

A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere. Before him, I may...

A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere. Before him, I may...

Go cherish your soul; express companions; set your habits to a life of solitude; then...

Go cherish your soul; express companions; set your habits to a life of solitude; then...

Difference of opinion is the one crime which kings never forgive

Difference of opinion is the one crime which kings never forgive

Nature hates calculators.

Nature hates calculators.

The years teach much which the days never knew.

The years teach much which the days never knew.

Friendship, like the immortality of the soul, is too good to be believed.

Friendship, like the immortality of the soul, is too good to be believed.

Pretty is something you're born with. But beautiful, that's an equal opportunity adjective.

Pretty is something you're born with. But beautiful, that's an equal opportunity adjective.

Self-sacrifice is the real miracle out of which all the reported miracles grow.

Self-sacrifice is the real miracle out of which all the reported miracles grow.

I hate quotations. Tell me what you know.

I hate quotations. Tell me what you know.

Whenever you are sincerely pleased you are nourished.

Whenever you are sincerely pleased you are nourished.

Life is a train of moods like a string of beads; and as we pass...

Life is a train of moods like a string of beads; and as we pass...

Can anything be so elegant as to have few wants, and to serve them one's...

Can anything be so elegant as to have few wants, and to serve them one's...

An insincere and evil friend is more to be feared than a wild beast; a...

An insincere and evil friend is more to be feared than a wild beast; a...

Never let a man imagine that he can pursue a good end by evil means,...

Never let a man imagine that he can pursue a good end by evil means,...