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

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Elegance Quotes, Self Reliance Quotes

It is as impossible for a man to be cheated by any one but himself,...

It is as impossible for a man to be cheated by any one but himself,...

Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures.

Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures.

Riding a horse is not a gentle hobby, to be picked up and laid down...

Riding a horse is not a gentle hobby, to be picked up and laid down...

Nature is too thin a screen; the glory of the omnipresent God bursts through everywhere

Nature is too thin a screen; the glory of the omnipresent God bursts through everywhere

Whenever you are sincerely pleased you are nourished.

Whenever you are sincerely pleased you are nourished.

A man is what he thinks about all day long.

A man is what he thinks about all day long.

Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.

Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.

Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some...

Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some...

In the morning a man walks with his whole body; in the evening, only with...

In the morning a man walks with his whole body; in the evening, only with...

Difficulties exist to be surmounted

Difficulties exist to be surmounted

The fox has many tricks. The hedgehog has but one. But that is the best...

The fox has many tricks. The hedgehog has but one. But that is the best...

The profit of books is according to the sensibility of the reader. The profoundest thought...

The profit of books is according to the sensibility of the reader. The profoundest thought...

Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string

Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string

A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes...

A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes...

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

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

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.

A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.

A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.

Science does not know its debt to imagination.

Science does not know its debt to imagination.

Limitations live only in our minds. But if we use our imaginations, our possibilities become...

Limitations live only in our minds. But if we use our imaginations, our possibilities become...

When a man imagines, even after years of striving, that he has attained perfection his...

When a man imagines, even after years of striving, that he has attained perfection his...

The true science and study of man is man.

The true science and study of man is man.