Curiosity is lying in wait for every secret.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes

Life is a progress, and not a station.

Life is a progress, and not a station.

Happiness is just an illusion caused by the temporary absence of reality.

Happiness is just an illusion caused by the temporary absence of reality.

A man is a little thing while he works by and for himself; but when...

A man is a little thing while he works by and for himself; but when...

Consider what you have in the smallest chosen library: a company of the wisest and...

Consider what you have in the smallest chosen library: a company of the wisest and...

Self-trust is the first secret of success

Self-trust is the first secret of success

The health of the eye seems to demand a horizon. We are never tired, so...

The health of the eye seems to demand a horizon. We are never tired, so...

The selfish man suffers more from his selfishness than he from whom that selfishness withholds...

The selfish man suffers more from his selfishness than he from whom that selfishness withholds...

Each man is a hero and an oracle to somebody

Each man is a hero and an oracle to somebody

So much of our time is preparation, so much is routine, and so much retrospect,...

So much of our time is preparation, so much is routine, and so much retrospect,...

Every artist was first an amateur.

Every artist was first an amateur.

Make yourself necessary to somebody.

Make yourself necessary to somebody.

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

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

For me, commerce is of trivial import; love, faith, truth of character, the aspiration of...

For me, commerce is of trivial import; love, faith, truth of character, the aspiration of...

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...

Progress is the activity of today and the assurance of tomorrow

Progress is the activity of today and the assurance of tomorrow

I would have the studies elective. Scholarship is to be created not by compulsion, but...

I would have the studies elective. Scholarship is to be created not by compulsion, but...

Every man is a borrower and a mimic, life is theatrical and literature a quotation

Every man is a borrower and a mimic, life is theatrical and literature a quotation

None shall rule but the humble, And none but Toil shall have

None shall rule but the humble, And none but Toil shall have

Some rules are nothing but old habits that people are afraid to change.

Some rules are nothing but old habits that people are afraid to change.

I make it a policy to try never to make a complete idiot of myself...

I make it a policy to try never to make a complete idiot of myself...