A man is a God in ruins

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Men And Women Quotes

Give no bounties: make equal laws: secure life and prosperity and you need not give...

Give no bounties: make equal laws: secure life and prosperity and you need not give...

Every book is a quotation; and every house is a quotation out of all forests,...

Every book is a quotation; and every house is a quotation out of all forests,...

Love, and you shall be loved

Love, and you shall be loved

Men's actions are too strong for them. Show me a man who has acted, and...

Men's actions are too strong for them. Show me a man who has acted, and...

Always do what you are afraid to do.

Always do what you are afraid to do.

Be an opener of doors for such as come after thee.

Be an opener of doors for such as come after thee.

People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession...

People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession...

Every man alone is sincere. At the entrance of a second person, hypocrisy begins.

Every man alone is sincere. At the entrance of a second person, hypocrisy begins.

Nature is endeared by the wooded path, but offended where too many tread.

Nature is endeared by the wooded path, but offended where too many tread.

Health is the condition of wisdom, and the sign is cheerfulness, -- an open and...

Health is the condition of wisdom, and the sign is cheerfulness, -- an open and...

Each man is a hero and an oracle to somebody

Each man is a hero and an oracle to somebody

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...

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

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

It is not length of life, but depth of life.

It is not length of life, but depth of life.

To be simple is to be great

To be simple is to be great

Money, which represents the prose of life, and which is hardly spoken of in parlors...

Money, which represents the prose of life, and which is hardly spoken of in parlors...

Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we...

Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we...

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...

I fell asleep reading a dull book and dreamed I kept on reading, so I...

I fell asleep reading a dull book and dreamed I kept on reading, so I...

A book unlike a television program, moving picture or any other modern means of communication...

A book unlike a television program, moving picture or any other modern means of communication...