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

In art, the hand can never execute anything higher than the heart can imagine.

In art, the hand can never execute anything higher than the heart can imagine.

Earth laughs in flowers.

Earth laughs in flowers.

Plants are the young of the world, vessels of health and vigor; but they grope...

Plants are the young of the world, vessels of health and vigor; but they grope...

None of us will ever accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to...

None of us will ever accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to...

Do the thing you fear, and the death of fear is certain.

Do the thing you fear, and the death of fear is certain.

Common sense is genius in its working clothes

Common sense is genius in its working clothes

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...

We change, whether we like it or not

We change, whether we like it or not

Beauty without grace is the hook without the bait.

Beauty without grace is the hook without the bait.

The music that can deepest reach, And cure all ill, is cordial speech

The music that can deepest reach, And cure all ill, is cordial speech

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

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

Prosperity is something the businessmen created for politicians to take credit for

Prosperity is something the businessmen created for politicians to take credit for

How much of human life is lost in waiting.

How much of human life is lost in waiting.

Trust instinct to the end, even though you can give no reason.

Trust instinct to the end, even though you can give no reason.

Love and you shall be loved. All love is mathematically just, as much as the...

Love and you shall be loved. All love is mathematically just, as much as the...

Beauty without expression is boring.

Beauty without expression is boring.

Be as beneficent as the sun or the sea, but if your rights as a...

Be as beneficent as the sun or the sea, but if your rights as a...

The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common

The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common

No man is the wiser for his learning

No man is the wiser for his learning

Conquer a man who never gives by gifts; Subdue untruthful men by truthfulness; Vanquish an...

Conquer a man who never gives by gifts; Subdue untruthful men by truthfulness; Vanquish an...