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

Next to the originator of a good sentence is the first quoter of it.

Next to the originator of a good sentence is the first quoter of it.

There is an optical illusion about every person we meet.

There is an optical illusion about every person we meet.

Thou art to me a delicious torment.

Thou art to me a delicious torment.

The education of the will is the object of our existence.

The education of the will is the object of our existence.

We change, whether we like it or not

We change, whether we like it or not

Earth laughs in flowers.

Earth laughs in flowers.

A fly is as untamable as a hyena.

A fly is as untamable as a hyena.

There are as many pillows of illusion as flakes in a snow-storm. We wake from...

There are as many pillows of illusion as flakes in a snow-storm. We wake from...

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...

Every sentence spoken by Napoleon, and every line of his writing, deserves reading, as it...

Every sentence spoken by Napoleon, and every line of his writing, deserves reading, as it...

I awoke this morning with devout thanksgiving for my friends, the old and the new

I awoke this morning with devout thanksgiving for my friends, the old and the new

Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes.

Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes.

If eyes were made for seeing, then beauty is its own excuse for being

If eyes were made for seeing, then beauty is its own excuse for being

I hate quotation. Tell me what you know.

I hate quotation. Tell me what you know.

A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature

A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature

Happiness is just an illusion caused by the temporary absence of reality.

Happiness is just an illusion caused by the temporary absence of reality.

All men in the abstract are just and good

All men in the abstract are just and good

Noblesse oblige; or, superior advantages bind you to larger generosity

Noblesse oblige; or, superior advantages bind you to larger generosity

A generous person forgets what he gives and remembers what he receives. Learn, earn, return....

A generous person forgets what he gives and remembers what he receives. Learn, earn, return....

Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need.

Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need.