If there is any period one would desire to be born in, is it not the age of Revolution; when the old and the new stand side by side...when the glories of the old can be compensated by the rich…

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Age Quotes

Speech is power: speech is to persuade, to convert, to compel. It is to bring...

Speech is power: speech is to persuade, to convert, to compel. It is to bring...

To be simple is to be great

To be simple is to be great

Children are all foreigners.

Children are all foreigners.

The youth, intoxicated with his admiration of a hero, fails to see, that it is...

The youth, intoxicated with his admiration of a hero, fails to see, that it is...

Beauty without grace is the hook without the bait.

Beauty without grace is the hook without the bait.

Beauty is the mark God sets on virtue. Every natural action is graceful; every heroic...

Beauty is the mark God sets on virtue. Every natural action is graceful; every heroic...

For everything you have missed, you have gained something else, and for everything you gain,...

For everything you have missed, you have gained something else, and for everything you gain,...

Coolness and absence of heat and haste indicate fine qualities

Coolness and absence of heat and haste indicate fine qualities

All diseases run into one, old age.

All diseases run into one, old age.

What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have never been discovered.

What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have never been discovered.

If the single man plant himself indomitably on his instincts, and there abide, the huge...

If the single man plant himself indomitably on his instincts, and there abide, the huge...

Men love to wonder, and that is the seed of science.

Men love to wonder, and that is the seed of science.

God screens us evermore from premature ideas.

God screens us evermore from premature ideas.

Beauty is the pilot of the young soul.

Beauty is the pilot of the young soul.

We aim above the mark to hit the mark.

We aim above the mark to hit the mark.

Always do what you are afraid to do.

Always do what you are afraid to do.

The first wealth is health.

The first wealth is health.

Great geniuses have the shortest biographies.

Great geniuses have the shortest biographies.

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.

Doing well is the result of doing good. That's what capitalism is all about.

Doing well is the result of doing good. That's what capitalism is all about.