I like the silent church before the service begins, better than any preaching.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes

They (the days) come and go like muffled and veiled figures sent from a distant...

They (the days) come and go like muffled and veiled figures sent from a distant...

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...

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...

Love of beauty is Taste. The creation of beauty is Art.

Love of beauty is Taste. The creation of beauty is Art.

A man is a little thing while he works by and for himself; but when...

A man is a little thing while he works by and for himself; but when...

All I have seen teaches me to trust the creator for all I have not...

All I have seen teaches me to trust the creator for all I have not...

Society is always taken by surprise at any new example of common sense.

Society is always taken by surprise at any new example of common sense.

A creative economy is the fuel of magnificence

A creative economy is the fuel of magnificence

Every true man is a cause, a country, and an age; requires infinite spaces and...

Every true man is a cause, a country, and an age; requires infinite spaces and...

I hate quotations. Tell me what you know.

I hate quotations. Tell me what you know.

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.

We aim above the mark to hit the mark.

We aim above the mark to hit the mark.

It is very unhappy, but too late to be helped, the discovery we have made,...

It is very unhappy, but too late to be helped, the discovery we have made,...

Health is the condition of wisdom, and the sign is cheerfulness, -- an open and...

Health is the condition of wisdom, and the sign is cheerfulness, -- an open and...

A woman's beauty is not a gift to man - only a bribe

A woman's beauty is not a gift to man - only a bribe

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.

So of cheerfulness, or a good temper, the more it is spent, the more it...

So of cheerfulness, or a good temper, the more it is spent, the more it...

'Tis pedantry to estimate nations by the census, or by square miles of land, or...

'Tis pedantry to estimate nations by the census, or by square miles of land, or...

I didn't come here to make friends. I came here to get acceptance and appreciation...

I didn't come here to make friends. I came here to get acceptance and appreciation...

When one's expectations are reduced to zero, one really appreciates everything one does have

When one's expectations are reduced to zero, one really appreciates everything one does have