Every true man is a cause, a country, and an age; requires infinite spaces and numbers and time fully to accomplish his design; - and posterity seem to follow his steps as a train of clients.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Age Quotes

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...

Books are the best of things if well used; if abused, among the worst. They...

Books are the best of things if well used; if abused, among the worst. They...

There are books which take rank in your life with parents and lovers and passionate...

There are books which take rank in your life with parents and lovers and passionate...

A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature

A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature

Culture is one thing and varnish is another.

Culture is one thing and varnish is another.

Talent finds its models, methods, and ends in society, exists for exhibition, and goes to...

Talent finds its models, methods, and ends in society, exists for exhibition, and goes to...

In the matter of religion, people eagerly fasten their eyes on the difference between their...

In the matter of religion, people eagerly fasten their eyes on the difference between their...

Speak less. Say more. whaywardj

Speak less. Say more. whaywardj

He that loveth maketh his own the grandeur he loves

He that loveth maketh his own the grandeur he loves

Wisdom has its root in goodness, not goodness its root in wisdom.

Wisdom has its root in goodness, not goodness its root in wisdom.

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

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

The ornament of a house is the friends who frequent it.

The ornament of a house is the friends who frequent it.

Trust your instinct to the end, though you can render no reason.

Trust your instinct to the end, though you can render no reason.

Give no bounties: make equal laws: secure life and prosperity and you need not give...

Give no bounties: make equal laws: secure life and prosperity and you need not give...

We are a puny and fickle folk. Avarice, hesitation, and following are our diseases.

We are a puny and fickle folk. Avarice, hesitation, and following are our diseases.

What we seek we shall find; what we flee from flees from us.

What we seek we shall find; what we flee from flees from us.

Nature is endeared by the wooded path, but offended where too many tread.

Nature is endeared by the wooded path, but offended where too many tread.

Thought is action in rehearsal

Thought is action in rehearsal

It's motive alone that gives character to the actions of men

It's motive alone that gives character to the actions of men

The shortest answer is doing.

The shortest answer is doing.