How much of human life is lost in waiting.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Life Quotes

You cannot see the mountain near

You cannot see the mountain near

We are by nature observers, and thereby learners. That is our permanent state.

We are by nature observers, and thereby learners. That is our permanent state.

Ideas must work through the brains and the arms of good and brave, or they...

Ideas must work through the brains and the arms of good and brave, or they...

Truth is beautiful within and without, forevermore

Truth is beautiful within and without, forevermore

Fate is nothing but the deeds committed in a prior state of existence.

Fate is nothing but the deeds committed in a prior state of existence.

Love is like wildflowers; It's often found in the most unlikely places.

Love is like wildflowers; It's often found in the most unlikely places.

Every man is a consumer, and ought to be a producer. He is by constitution...

Every man is a consumer, and ought to be a producer. He is by constitution...

Life is a train of moods like a string of beads; and as we pass...

Life is a train of moods like a string of beads; and as we pass...

Riding a horse is not a gentle hobby, to be picked up and laid down...

Riding a horse is not a gentle hobby, to be picked up and laid down...

The health of the eye seems to demand a horizon. We are never tired, so...

The health of the eye seems to demand a horizon. We are never tired, so...

A man is what he thinks about all day long.

A man is what he thinks about all day long.

The desire of gold is not for gold. It is for the means of freedom...

The desire of gold is not for gold. It is for the means of freedom...

Never read any book that is not a year old

Never read any book that is not a year old

Enthusiasm is the leaping lightning, not to be measured by the horse-power of the understanding.

Enthusiasm is the leaping lightning, not to be measured by the horse-power of the understanding.

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

There are other measures of self-respect for a man, than the number of clean shirts...

There are other measures of self-respect for a man, than the number of clean shirts...

Happiness is just an illusion caused by the temporary absence of reality.

Happiness is just an illusion caused by the temporary absence of reality.

We must be our own before we can be another's.

We must be our own before we can be another's.

The God to whom depth in philosophy bring back men's minds is far from being...

The God to whom depth in philosophy bring back men's minds is far from being...

To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men.

To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men.