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

Great men are they who see that spiritual is stronger than material force, that thoughts...

Great men are they who see that spiritual is stronger than material force, that thoughts...

Books are the best of things if well used; if abused, among the worst. They...

Books are the best of things if well used; if abused, among the worst. They...

Judge of your natural character by what you do in your dreams.

Judge of your natural character by what you do in your dreams.

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...

He who is in love is wise and is becoming wiser, sees newly every time...

He who is in love is wise and is becoming wiser, sees newly every time...

If I have lost confidence in myself, I have the universe against me.

If I have lost confidence in myself, I have the universe against me.

All men in the abstract are just and good

All men in the abstract are just and good

Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air¦

Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air¦

Meek young men grow up in libraries, believing it their duty to accept the views...

Meek young men grow up in libraries, believing it their duty to accept the views...

If you would lift me up you must be on higher ground.

If you would lift me up you must be on higher ground.

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.

Astronomy to the selfish becomes astrology.

Astronomy to the selfish becomes astrology.

As a cure for worrying, work is better than whiskey.

As a cure for worrying, work is better than whiskey.

For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind.

For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind.

Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path...

Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path...

Half a man's wisdom goes with his courage

Half a man's wisdom goes with his courage

To believe in luck - is skepticism

To believe in luck - is skepticism

It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be...

It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be...

Do not use a hatchet to remove a fly from your friend's forehead.

Do not use a hatchet to remove a fly from your friend's forehead.

He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, while he who...

He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, while he who...

But, based on my friendship with Evie as young mothers, I started going on freedom...

But, based on my friendship with Evie as young mothers, I started going on freedom...