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

Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never...

Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never...

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.

For every benefit you receive a tax is levied.

For every benefit you receive a tax is levied.

If the tongue had not been framed for articulation, man would still be a beast...

If the tongue had not been framed for articulation, man would still be a beast...

Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect.

Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect.

Men are what their mothers made them.

Men are what their mothers made them.

Love and you shall be loved

Love and you shall be loved

Men are respectable only as they respect

Men are respectable only as they respect

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...

Let us be silent, that we may hear the whispers of the gods.

Let us be silent, that we may hear the whispers of the gods.

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...

It is as easy for the strong man to be strong, as it is for...

It is as easy for the strong man to be strong, as it is for...

Truth is beautiful, without doubt; but so are lies.

Truth is beautiful, without doubt; but so are lies.

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

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

No change of circumstances can repair a defect of character.

No change of circumstances can repair a defect of character.

You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will...

You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will...

Give no bounties: make equal laws: secure life and prosperity and you need not give...

Give no bounties: make equal laws: secure life and prosperity and you need not give...

Spiritual force is stronger than material force; thoughts rule the world.

Spiritual force is stronger than material force; thoughts rule the world.

Friendship is constant in all other things, Save in the office and affairs of love.

Friendship is constant in all other things, Save in the office and affairs of love.

Many a person has held close, throughout their entire lives, two friends that always remained...

Many a person has held close, throughout their entire lives, two friends that always remained...

At the touch of love, everyone becomes a poet.

At the touch of love, everyone becomes a poet.