Faith and love are apt to be spasmodic in the best minds. Men live the brink of mysteries and harmonies into which they never enter, and with their hands on the door-latch they die outside.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Faith Quotes, Harmony Quotes, Love Quotes, Mystery Quotes

Doing well is the result of doing good. That's what capitalism is all about.

Doing well is the result of doing good. That's what capitalism is all about.

Society is always taken by surprise at any new example of common sense.

Society is always taken by surprise at any new example of common sense.

Write it on your heart that every day is the best day of the year.

Write it on your heart that every day is the best day of the year.

It is hard to go beyond your public. If they are satisfied with cheap performance,...

It is hard to go beyond your public. If they are satisfied with cheap performance,...

Congratulate yourselves if you have done something strange and extravagant and broken the monotony of...

Congratulate yourselves if you have done something strange and extravagant and broken the monotony of...

He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, And he who...

He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, And he who...

Friends, such as we desire, are dreams and fables.

Friends, such as we desire, are dreams and fables.

Whoever fights, whoever falls, Justice conquers evermore

Whoever fights, whoever falls, Justice conquers evermore

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

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

All are needed by each one; Nothing is fair or good alone

All are needed by each one; Nothing is fair or good alone

Insist on yourself; never imitate.

Insist on yourself; never imitate.

Obedience alone gives the right to command

Obedience alone gives the right to command

The man of genius inspires us with a boundless confidence in our own powers.

The man of genius inspires us with a boundless confidence in our own powers.

Next to the originator of a good sentence is the first quoter of it.

Next to the originator of a good sentence is the first quoter of it.

When you strike at a king, you must kill him

When you strike at a king, you must kill him

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,...

Make yourself necessary to somebody.

Make yourself necessary to somebody.

Meek young men grow up in libraries, believing it their duty to accept the views...

Meek young men grow up in libraries, believing it their duty to accept the views...

Don't judge a book by its cover

Don't judge a book by its cover

The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own...

The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own...