Common sense is as rare as genius, - is the basis of genius

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Common Sense Quotes, Genius Quotes

The power of love, as the basis of a State, has never been tried.

The power of love, as the basis of a State, has never been tried.

It requires a great deal of boldness and a great deal of caution to make...

It requires a great deal of boldness and a great deal of caution to make...

Difference of opinion is the one crime which kings never forgive

Difference of opinion is the one crime which kings never forgive

The true artist has the planet for his pedestal; the adventurer, after years of strife,...

The true artist has the planet for his pedestal; the adventurer, after years of strife,...

For everything you have missed, you have gained something else, and for everything you gain,...

For everything you have missed, you have gained something else, and for everything you gain,...

Self-trust is the essence of heroism

Self-trust is the essence of heroism

We lie in the lap of immense intelligence.

We lie in the lap of immense intelligence.

Curiosity is lying in wait for every secret.

Curiosity is lying in wait for every secret.

Every man I meet is in some way my superior.

Every man I meet is in some way my superior.

It takes a good deal of character to judge a person by his future instead...

It takes a good deal of character to judge a person by his future instead...

It is my desire, in the office of a Christian minister, to do nothing which...

It is my desire, in the office of a Christian minister, to do nothing which...

Be true to your own act and congratulate yourself if you have done something strange...

Be true to your own act and congratulate yourself if you have done something strange...

Those who live to the future must always appear selfish to those who live to...

Those who live to the future must always appear selfish to those who live to...

Men are what their mothers made them.

Men are what their mothers made them.

A man in debt is so far a slave.

A man in debt is so far a slave.

Every man passes his life in the search after friendship.

Every man passes his life in the search after friendship.

If thou fill thy brain with Boston and New York, with fashion and covetousness, and...

If thou fill thy brain with Boston and New York, with fashion and covetousness, and...

Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect.

Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect.

The reason why the world lacks unity, and lies broken and in heaps, is, because...

The reason why the world lacks unity, and lies broken and in heaps, is, because...

Who you are speaks so loudly I can't hear what you're saying.

Who you are speaks so loudly I can't hear what you're saying.