If thou fill thy brain with Boston and New York, with fashion and covetousness, and wilt stimulate thy jaded senses with wine and French coffee, thou shalt find no radiance of wisdom in the lonely waste of the pinewoods

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Time dissipates to shining ether the solid angularity of facts

Time dissipates to shining ether the solid angularity of facts

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

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

We find delight in the beauty and happiness of children that makes the heart too...

We find delight in the beauty and happiness of children that makes the heart too...

Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.

Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.

Every book is a quotation; and every house is a quotation out of all forests,...

Every book is a quotation; and every house is a quotation out of all forests,...

Poverty, Frost, Famine, Rain, Disease, are the beadles and guardsmen that hold us to Common...

Poverty, Frost, Famine, Rain, Disease, are the beadles and guardsmen that hold us to Common...

Between eighteen and twenty, life is like an exchange where one buys stocks, not with...

Between eighteen and twenty, life is like an exchange where one buys stocks, not with...

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...

Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.

Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.

Nature and literature are subjective phenomena; every evil and every good thing is a shadow...

Nature and literature are subjective phenomena; every evil and every good thing is a shadow...

Don't be pushed by your problems. Be led by your dreams.

Don't be pushed by your problems. Be led by your dreams.

The only true gift is a portion of yourself.

The only true gift is a portion of yourself.

Money is the representative of a certain quantity of corn or other commodity. It is...

Money is the representative of a certain quantity of corn or other commodity. It is...

No great man ever complains of want of opportunity.

No great man ever complains of want of opportunity.

We acquire the strength we have overcome.

We acquire the strength we have overcome.

A little integrity is better than any career

A little integrity is better than any career

We acquire the strength we have overcome.

We acquire the strength we have overcome.

Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect.

Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect.

It is the nature of the strong heart, that like the palm tree it strives...

It is the nature of the strong heart, that like the palm tree it strives...

Head up, stay strong. Fake a smile, move on.

Head up, stay strong. Fake a smile, move on.

We are tied down to a language which makes up in obscurity what it lacks...

We are tied down to a language which makes up in obscurity what it lacks...