Common sense is genius in its working clothes

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Common Sense Quotes, Genius Quotes

All mankind love a lover.

All mankind love a lover.

We judge of man's wisdom by his hope

We judge of man's wisdom by his hope

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.

There is no knowledge that is not power

There is no knowledge that is not power

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

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

A friend is one before whom I may think aloud.

A friend is one before whom I may think aloud.

If everything else fails, read the instructions

If everything else fails, read the instructions

Nature and Books belong to the eyes that see them.

Nature and Books belong to the eyes that see them.

We change, whether we like it or not.

We change, whether we like it or not.

Fate is nothing but the deeds committed in a prior state of existence.

Fate is nothing but the deeds committed in a prior state of existence.

What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have never been discovered.

What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have never been discovered.

I hate the giving of the hand unless the whole man accompanies it.

I hate the giving of the hand unless the whole man accompanies it.

Wisdom has its root in goodness, not goodness its root in wisdom.

Wisdom has its root in goodness, not goodness its root in wisdom.

The only way to have a friend is to be one.

The only way to have a friend is to be one.

The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common

The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common

To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires courage

To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires courage

Nature and literature are subjective phenomena; every evil and every good thing is a shadow...

Nature and literature are subjective phenomena; every evil and every good thing is a shadow...

Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.

Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.

There is more difference in the quality of our pleasures than in the amount.

There is more difference in the quality of our pleasures than in the amount.

The best effort of a fine person is felt after we have left their presence.

The best effort of a fine person is felt after we have left their presence.