Every wall is a door.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes

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...

Love, and you shall be loved

Love, and you shall be loved

Imitation is suicide

Imitation is suicide

I am treating you as my friend, asking you to share my present minuses in...

I am treating you as my friend, asking you to share my present minuses in...

Little minds have little worries, big minds have no time for worries.

Little minds have little worries, big minds have no time for worries.

What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what...

What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what...

Friendship should be surrounded with ceremonies and respects, and not crushed into corners. Friendship requires...

Friendship should be surrounded with ceremonies and respects, and not crushed into corners. Friendship requires...

A man builds a fine house; and now he has a master, and a task...

A man builds a fine house; and now he has a master, and a task...

Every man supposes himself not to be fully understood or appreciated.

Every man supposes himself not to be fully understood or appreciated.

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.

We are by nature observers, and thereby learners. That is our permanent state.

We are by nature observers, and thereby learners. That is our permanent state.

It is not length of life, but depth of life.

It is not length of life, but depth of life.

Life is short, but there is always time enough for courtesy.

Life is short, but there is always time enough for courtesy.

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...

Our strength grows out of our weaknesses

Our strength grows out of our weaknesses

The civilized man has built a coach, but has lost the use of his feet.

The civilized man has built a coach, but has lost the use of his feet.

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...

If we encounter a man of rare intellect, we should ask him what books he...

If we encounter a man of rare intellect, we should ask him what books he...

The bastard form of mass culture is humiliated repetition... always new books, new programs, new...

The bastard form of mass culture is humiliated repetition... always new books, new programs, new...

The books we read should be chosen with great care, that they may be, as...

The books we read should be chosen with great care, that they may be, as...