Cause and effect are two sides of one fact.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes

If everything else fails, read the instructions

If everything else fails, read the instructions

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...

Death comes to all, but great achievements build a monument which shall endure until the...

Death comes to all, but great achievements build a monument which shall endure until the...

Passion, though a bad regulator, is a powerful spring

Passion, though a bad regulator, is a powerful spring

Friendship should be surrounded with ceremonies and respects, and not crushed into corners. Friendship requires...

Friendship should be surrounded with ceremonies and respects, and not crushed into corners. Friendship requires...

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...

Thou art to me a delicious torment.

Thou art to me a delicious torment.

A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere. Before him, I may...

A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere. Before him, I may...

People with great gifts are easy to find, but symmetrical and balanced ones never.

People with great gifts are easy to find, but symmetrical and balanced ones never.

Go oft to the house of thy friend, for weeds choke the unused path.

Go oft to the house of thy friend, for weeds choke the unused path.

The wise man in the storm prays God, not for safety from danger, but for...

The wise man in the storm prays God, not for safety from danger, but for...

All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.

All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.

One must be an inventor to read well. There is then creative reading as well...

One must be an inventor to read well. There is then creative reading as well...

We must be our own before we can be another's.

We must be our own before we can be another's.

Unhappy is the man whom man can make unhappy

Unhappy is the man whom man can make unhappy

Every man in his lifetime needs to thank his faults.

Every man in his lifetime needs to thank his faults.

Trust the instinct to the end, though you can render no reason

Trust the instinct to the end, though you can render no reason

Skill to do comes of doing

Skill to do comes of doing

Someday, in the distant future, our grandchildren's grandchildren will develop a new equivalent of our...

Someday, in the distant future, our grandchildren's grandchildren will develop a new equivalent of our...

Leisure and curiosity might soon make great advances in useful knowledge, were they not diverted...

Leisure and curiosity might soon make great advances in useful knowledge, were they not diverted...