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

Thou art to me a delicious torment.

Thou art to me a delicious torment.

The martyr cannot be dishonored. Every lash inflicted is a tongue of fame; every prison...

The martyr cannot be dishonored. Every lash inflicted is a tongue of fame; every prison...

Don't waste life in doubts and fears; spend yourself on the work before you, well...

Don't waste life in doubts and fears; spend yourself on the work before you, well...

We lie in the lap of immense intelligence.

We lie in the lap of immense intelligence.

Thought is the blossom; language the bud; action the fruit behind it

Thought is the blossom; language the bud; action the fruit behind it

Flowers... are a proud assertion that a ray of beauty outvalues all the utilities of...

Flowers... are a proud assertion that a ray of beauty outvalues all the utilities of...

Beauty is the mark God sets on virtue. Every natural action is graceful; every heroic...

Beauty is the mark God sets on virtue. Every natural action is graceful; every heroic...

Language is fossil poetry

Language is fossil poetry

People only see what they are prepared to see.

People only see what they are prepared to see.

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...

Every experiment, by multitudes or by individuals, that has a sensual and selfish aim, will...

Every experiment, by multitudes or by individuals, that has a sensual and selfish aim, will...

As soon as there is life, there is danger

As soon as there is life, there is danger

The world is all gates, all opportunities, strings of tension waiting to be struck.

The world is all gates, all opportunities, strings of tension waiting to be struck.

Our strength grows out of our weaknesses

Our strength grows out of our weaknesses

There is a tendency for things to right themselves.

There is a tendency for things to right themselves.

Men are what their mothers made them.

Men are what their mothers made them.

Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door.

Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door.

If everything else fails, read the instructions

If everything else fails, read the instructions

The wisest have the most authority

The wisest have the most authority

Tomorrow is always the future.

Tomorrow is always the future.