I hate the giving of the hand unless the whole man accompanies it.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Giving Quotes

He who is in love is wise and is becoming wiser, sees newly every time...

He who is in love is wise and is becoming wiser, sees newly every time...

I hate quotation. Tell me what you know.

I hate quotation. Tell me what you know.

We are born believing. A man bears beliefs as a tree bears apples.

We are born believing. A man bears beliefs as a tree bears apples.

Few people know how to take a walk. The qualifications are endurance, plain clothes, old...

Few people know how to take a walk. The qualifications are endurance, plain clothes, old...

With the past, I have nothing to do; nor with the future. I live now.

With the past, I have nothing to do; nor with the future. I live now.

Trust the instinct to the end, though you can render no reason

Trust the instinct to the end, though you can render no reason

Always do what you are afraid to do.

Always do what you are afraid to do.

There is then creative reading as well as creative writing

There is then creative reading as well as creative writing

These times of ours are serious and full of calamity, but all times are essentially...

These times of ours are serious and full of calamity, but all times are essentially...

The real and lasting victories are those of peace, and not of war.

The real and lasting victories are those of peace, and not of war.

A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes...

A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes...

Insist upon yourself. Be original.

Insist upon yourself. Be original.

Society is a hospital of incurables.

Society is a hospital of incurables.

There is creative reading as well as creative writing.

There is creative reading as well as creative writing.

Every hero becomes a bore at last.

Every hero becomes a bore at last.

Skepticism? Yes, but a saint is a skeptic once in twenty-four hours.

Skepticism? Yes, but a saint is a skeptic once in twenty-four hours.

A man in debt is so far a slave.

A man in debt is so far a slave.

The ancestor of every action is a thought

The ancestor of every action is a thought

Instead of saying that man is the creature of circumstance, it would be nearer the...

Instead of saying that man is the creature of circumstance, it would be nearer the...

Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle....

Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle....