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

Though love repine, and reason chafe, There came a voice without reply, - 'Tis man's...

Though love repine, and reason chafe, There came a voice without reply, - 'Tis man's...

Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting a few drops on...

Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting a few drops on...

The wise man in the storm prays God, not for safety from danger, but for...

The wise man in the storm prays God, not for safety from danger, but for...

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...

Every man supposes himself not to be fully understood; and if there is any truth...

Every man supposes himself not to be fully understood; and if there is any truth...

We judge a man's wisdom by his hope.

We judge a man's wisdom by his hope.

I do then with my friends as I do with my books. I would have...

I do then with my friends as I do with my books. I would have...

The only reward of virtue is virtue; the only way to have a friend is...

The only reward of virtue is virtue; the only way to have a friend is...

What lies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to...

What lies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to...

Blame is safer than praise

Blame is safer than praise

We love force and we care very little how it is exhibited

We love force and we care very little how it is exhibited

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...

Evermore in the world is this marvelous balance of beauty and disgust, magnificence and rats

Evermore in the world is this marvelous balance of beauty and disgust, magnificence and rats

A chief event of life is the day in which we have encountered a mind...

A chief event of life is the day in which we have encountered a mind...

Do not waste yourself in rejection; do not bark against the bad, but chant the...

Do not waste yourself in rejection; do not bark against the bad, but chant the...

The sky is the daily bread of the eyes.

The sky is the daily bread of the eyes.

A man's growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends.

A man's growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends.

Earth laughs in flowers.

Earth laughs in flowers.

Laugh as much as you breathe and love as long as you live.

Laugh as much as you breathe and love as long as you live.

Laughter and orgasm are great bedfellows

Laughter and orgasm are great bedfellows