Congratulate yourselves if you have done something strange and extravagant and broken the monotony of a decorous age.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Age Quotes, Funny Quotes

When we quarrel, how we wish we had been blameless.

When we quarrel, how we wish we had been blameless.

Between eighteen and twenty, life is like an exchange where one buys stocks, not with...

Between eighteen and twenty, life is like an exchange where one buys stocks, not with...

Our best thoughts come from others.

Our best thoughts come from others.

A few strong instincts and a few plain rules suffice us

A few strong instincts and a few plain rules suffice us

We are symbols, and inhabit symbols.

We are symbols, and inhabit symbols.

There is creative reading as well as creative writing.

There is creative reading as well as creative writing.

Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.

Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.

How painful to give a gift to any person of sensibility, or of equality! It...

How painful to give a gift to any person of sensibility, or of equality! It...

The desire of gold is not for gold. It is for the means of freedom...

The desire of gold is not for gold. It is for the means of freedom...

Truth is handsomer than the affectation of love. Your goodness must have some edge to...

Truth is handsomer than the affectation of love. Your goodness must have some edge to...

The sky is the daily bread of the eyes.

The sky is the daily bread of the eyes.

Each age, it is found, must write its own books; or rather, each generation for...

Each age, it is found, must write its own books; or rather, each generation for...

Self-sacrifice is the real miracle out of which all the reported miracles grow

Self-sacrifice is the real miracle out of which all the reported miracles grow

I like the silent church before the service begins, better than any preaching.

I like the silent church before the service begins, better than any preaching.

Skepticism is slow suicide

Skepticism is slow suicide

Never self-possessed, or prudent, love is all abandonment.

Never self-possessed, or prudent, love is all abandonment.

You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will...

You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will...

Thought is action in rehearsal

Thought is action in rehearsal

Words mean nothing. Action is the only thing. Doing. That's the only thing.

Words mean nothing. Action is the only thing. Doing. That's the only thing.

Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle....

Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle....