A few strong instincts and a few plain rules suffice us

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Instinct Quotes, Rules Quotes

Good and bad are but names very readily transferable to that or this; the only...

Good and bad are but names very readily transferable to that or this; the only...

Earth laughs in flowers.

Earth laughs in flowers.

Things are pretty, graceful, rich, elegant, handsome, but until they speak to the imagination, not...

Things are pretty, graceful, rich, elegant, handsome, but until they speak to the imagination, not...

Consider what you have in the smallest chosen library: a company of the wisest and...

Consider what you have in the smallest chosen library: a company of the wisest and...

Money often costs too much.

Money often costs too much.

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.

The high prize of life, the crowning fortune of man, is to be born with...

The high prize of life, the crowning fortune of man, is to be born with...

The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time...

The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time...

The desire of gold is not for gold. It is for the means of freedom...

The desire of gold is not for gold. It is for the means of freedom...

To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires courage

To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires courage

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,...

The reason why men do not obey us, is because they see the mud at...

The reason why men do not obey us, is because they see the mud at...

Whatever limits us, we call Fate

Whatever limits us, we call Fate

Always do what you are afraid to do.

Always do what you are afraid to do.

We lie in the lap of immense intelligence.

We lie in the lap of immense intelligence.

God screens us evermore from premature ideas.

God screens us evermore from premature ideas.

Love is one of those jokes you have to be there to get.

Love is one of those jokes you have to be there to get.

Nature is an endless combination and repetition of a very few laws. She hums the...

Nature is an endless combination and repetition of a very few laws. She hums the...

Nature is by and large to be found out of doors, a location where, it...

Nature is by and large to be found out of doors, a location where, it...

Life is an error-making and an error-correcting process, and nature in marking man's papers will...

Life is an error-making and an error-correcting process, and nature in marking man's papers will...