Every experiment, by multitudes or by individuals, that has a sensual and selfish aim, will fail.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes

We are always getting ready to live but never living.

We are always getting ready to live but never living.

Conversation is an art in which a man has all mankind for his competitors, for...

Conversation is an art in which a man has all mankind for his competitors, for...

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

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

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...

All history is but the lengthened shadow of a great man

All history is but the lengthened shadow of a great man

I have no hostility to nature, but a child's love to it. I expand and...

I have no hostility to nature, but a child's love to it. I expand and...

The sky is the daily bread of the eyes.

The sky is the daily bread of the eyes.

Every book is a quotation; and every house is a quotation out of all forests...

Every book is a quotation; and every house is a quotation out of all forests...

Trust instinct to the end, even though you can give no reason.

Trust instinct to the end, even though you can give no reason.

Life consists in what a man is thinking of all day.

Life consists in what a man is thinking of all day.

A true friend is somebody who can make us do what we can.

A true friend is somebody who can make us do what we can.

Religion is to do right. It is to love, it is to serve, it is...

Religion is to do right. It is to love, it is to serve, it is...

In every society some men are born to rule, and some to advise.

In every society some men are born to rule, and some to advise.

Faith and love are apt to be spasmodic in the best minds. Men live the...

Faith and love are apt to be spasmodic in the best minds. Men live the...

Let the beauty you love be what you do. There are a thousand ways to...

Let the beauty you love be what you do. There are a thousand ways to...

Nature is too thin a screen; the glory of the omnipresent God bursts through everywhere

Nature is too thin a screen; the glory of the omnipresent God bursts through everywhere

Hence arose the saying, If I love you, what is that to you? We say...

Hence arose the saying, If I love you, what is that to you? We say...

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...

Wisdom doesn't necessarily come with age. Sometimes age just shows up all by itself.

Wisdom doesn't necessarily come with age. Sometimes age just shows up all by itself.

How incessant and great are the ills with which a prolonged old age is replete.

How incessant and great are the ills with which a prolonged old age is replete.