Every reform was once a private opinion, and when it shall be a private opinion again, it will solve the problem of the age.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Age Quotes

We are born believing. A man bears beliefs as a tree bears apples.

We are born believing. A man bears beliefs as a tree bears apples.

If the stars should appear but one night every thousand years how man would marvel...

If the stars should appear but one night every thousand years how man would marvel...

There is a tendency for things to right themselves.

There is a tendency for things to right themselves.

All men in the abstract are just and good

All men in the abstract are just and good

The greatest homage we can pay to truth is to use it.

The greatest homage we can pay to truth is to use it.

Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.

Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.

Common sense is genius in its working clothes

Common sense is genius in its working clothes

Pictures must not be too picturesque.

Pictures must not be too picturesque.

Life is a train of moods like a string of beads; and as we pass...

Life is a train of moods like a string of beads; and as we pass...

Always do what you are afraid to do.

Always do what you are afraid to do.

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...

In art, the hand can never execute anything higher than the heart can imagine.

In art, the hand can never execute anything higher than the heart can imagine.

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...

Beauty is an outward gift, which is seldom despised, except by those to whom it...

Beauty is an outward gift, which is seldom despised, except by those to whom it...

Can anything be so elegant as to have few wants, and to serve them one's...

Can anything be so elegant as to have few wants, and to serve them one's...

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

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

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

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

Beauty without grace is the hook without the bait.

Beauty without grace is the hook without the bait.

Beauty of whatever kind, in its supreme development, invariably excites the sensitive soul to tears.

Beauty of whatever kind, in its supreme development, invariably excites the sensitive soul to tears.

The flaws you have only make you that much more beautiful.

The flaws you have only make you that much more beautiful.

Grace isn't a little prayer you chant before receiving a meal. It's a way to...

Grace isn't a little prayer you chant before receiving a meal. It's a way to...