I have thought a sufficient measure of civilization is the influence of good women.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes

It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be...

It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be...

There is no beautifier of complexion, or form, or behaviour, like the wish to scatter...

There is no beautifier of complexion, or form, or behaviour, like the wish to scatter...

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...

It takes a good deal of character to judge a person by his future instead...

It takes a good deal of character to judge a person by his future instead...

There is always safety in valor.

There is always safety in valor.

The torpid artist seeks inspiration at any cost, by virtue or by vice, by friend...

The torpid artist seeks inspiration at any cost, by virtue or by vice, by friend...

A low self-love in the parent desires that his child should repeat his character and...

A low self-love in the parent desires that his child should repeat his character and...

The true artist has the planet for his pedestal; the adventurer, after years of strife,...

The true artist has the planet for his pedestal; the adventurer, after years of strife,...

I would have the studies elective. Scholarship is to be created not by compulsion, but...

I would have the studies elective. Scholarship is to be created not by compulsion, but...

It is not length of life, but depth of life.

It is not length of life, but depth of life.

We do not live an equal life, but one of contrasts and patchwork; now a...

We do not live an equal life, but one of contrasts and patchwork; now a...

We all boil at different degrees

We all boil at different degrees

Do not believe that possibly you can escape the reward of your action.

Do not believe that possibly you can escape the reward of your action.

To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection...

To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection...

Commerce is of trivial import; love, faith, truth of character, the aspiration of man, these...

Commerce is of trivial import; love, faith, truth of character, the aspiration of man, these...

Thought is the blossom; language the bud; action the fruit behind it

Thought is the blossom; language the bud; action the fruit behind it

Speak less. Say more. whaywardj

Speak less. Say more. whaywardj

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...

If you don't like how things are, change it! You're not a tree.

If you don't like how things are, change it! You're not a tree.

Here is the test to find whether your mission on Earth is finished: if you're...

Here is the test to find whether your mission on Earth is finished: if you're...