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

With the past, I have nothing to do; nor with the future. I live now.

With the past, I have nothing to do; nor with the future. I live now.

Talent alone cannot make a writer. There must be a man behind the book; a...

Talent alone cannot make a writer. There must be a man behind the book; a...

Skill to do comes of doing

Skill to do comes of doing

Insist upon yourself. Be original.

Insist upon yourself. Be original.

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

Men are what their mothers made them.

Men are what their mothers made them.

A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers...

A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers...

In skating over thin ice, our safety is in our speed.

In skating over thin ice, our safety is in our speed.

I am; therefore, I had nothing better to do than to think.

I am; therefore, I had nothing better to do than to think.

Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air¦

Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air¦

We ascribe beauty to that which is simple; which has no superfluous parts; which exactly...

We ascribe beauty to that which is simple; which has no superfluous parts; which exactly...

For everything you have missed, you have gained something else, and for everything you gain,...

For everything you have missed, you have gained something else, and for everything you gain,...

We find delight in the beauty and happiness of children that makes the heart too...

We find delight in the beauty and happiness of children that makes the heart too...

The man who can make hard things easy is the educator

The man who can make hard things easy is the educator

Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect.

Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect.

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

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

There is then creative reading as well as creative writing

There is then creative reading as well as creative writing

I hate quotation. Tell me what you know.

I hate quotation. Tell me what you know.

Those quotations were really quite obscure. Anyone can see that he is a very well...

Those quotations were really quite obscure. Anyone can see that he is a very well...

A good quotation gets out the mental screwdriver and adjusts the setscrew

A good quotation gets out the mental screwdriver and adjusts the setscrew