I am; therefore, I had nothing better to do than to think.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Thinking Quotes

For me, commerce is of trivial import; love, faith, truth of character, the aspiration of...

For me, commerce is of trivial import; love, faith, truth of character, the aspiration of...

I hate quotation. Tell me what you know.

I hate quotation. Tell me what you know.

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...

When we quarrel, how we wish we had been blameless.

When we quarrel, how we wish we had been blameless.

Earth laughs in flowers.

Earth laughs in flowers.

Great geniuses have the shortest biographies.

Great geniuses have the shortest biographies.

Self-reliance is its aversion. It loves not realities and creators, but names and customs.

Self-reliance is its aversion. It loves not realities and creators, but names and customs.

As long as a man stands in his own way, everything seems to be in...

As long as a man stands in his own way, everything seems to be in...

Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we...

Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we...

Things are in the saddle, And ride mankind

Things are in the saddle, And ride mankind

To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived - that is...

To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived - that is...

America is another name for opportunity.

America is another name for opportunity.

He that loveth maketh his own the grandeur he loves

He that loveth maketh his own the grandeur he loves

Books are the best of things if well used; if abused, among the worst. They...

Books are the best of things if well used; if abused, among the worst. They...

Passion, though a bad regulator, is a powerful spring

Passion, though a bad regulator, is a powerful spring

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...

All the thoughts of a turtle are turtle

All the thoughts of a turtle are turtle

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...

Horses are predictably unpredictable

Horses are predictably unpredictable

Riding turns 'I wish' into 'I can'.

Riding turns 'I wish' into 'I can'.

Feminine passion is to masculine as an epic is to an epigram

Feminine passion is to masculine as an epic is to an epigram