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

The reward of a thing well done is to have done it.

The reward of a thing well done is to have done it.

Thoughts come into our minds by avenues which we never left open, and thoughts go...

Thoughts come into our minds by avenues which we never left open, and thoughts go...

The greatest gift is a portion of thyself.

The greatest gift is a portion of thyself.

A man in debt is so far a slave.

A man in debt is so far a slave.

The youth, intoxicated with his admiration of a hero, fails to see, that it is...

The youth, intoxicated with his admiration of a hero, fails to see, that it is...

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

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

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

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

The glory of friendship is not in the outstretched hand, nor the kindly smile, nor...

The glory of friendship is not in the outstretched hand, nor the kindly smile, nor...

The greatest gift is a portion of thyself.

The greatest gift is a portion of thyself.

The wave of evil washes all our institutions alike.

The wave of evil washes all our institutions alike.

Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experience.

Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experience.

A man is a God in ruins.

A man is a God in ruins.

He who is not everyday conquering some fear has not learned the secret of life.

He who is not everyday conquering some fear has not learned the secret of life.

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.

Beauty without grace is the hook without the bait.

Beauty without grace is the hook without the bait.

The high prize of life, the crowning fortune of man, is to be born with...

The high prize of life, the crowning fortune of man, is to be born with...

Language is the archives of history

Language is the archives of history

The experience of each new age requires a new confession, and the world seems always...

The experience of each new age requires a new confession, and the world seems always...

And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a...

And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a...

As for my father, few souls are less troubled. He can be simply pleased with...

As for my father, few souls are less troubled. He can be simply pleased with...

Love is like a booger. You keep picking at it until you get it, then...

Love is like a booger. You keep picking at it until you get it, then...