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

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Life Quotes

We are by nature observers, and thereby learners. That is our permanent state.

We are by nature observers, and thereby learners. That is our permanent state.

A man's growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends.

A man's growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends.

For every benefit you receive a tax is levied.

For every benefit you receive a tax is levied.

Hence arose the saying, If I love you, what is that to you? We say...

Hence arose the saying, If I love you, what is that to you? We say...

People with great gifts are easy to find, but symmetrical and balanced ones never.

People with great gifts are easy to find, but symmetrical and balanced ones never.

One must be an inventor to read well. There is then creative reading as well...

One must be an inventor to read well. There is then creative reading as well...

Difficulties exist to be surmounted

Difficulties exist to be surmounted

Great men are they who see that spiritual is stronger than any material force -...

Great men are they who see that spiritual is stronger than any material force -...

You cannot see the mountain near

You cannot see the mountain near

Good bye, proud world! I'm going home; Thou art not my friend, and I'm not...

Good bye, proud world! I'm going home; Thou art not my friend, and I'm not...

Be silly. Be honest. Be kind.

Be silly. Be honest. Be kind.

Men achieve a certain greatness unawares, when working to another aim.

Men achieve a certain greatness unawares, when working to another aim.

I awoke this morning with devout thanksgiving for my friends, the old and the new

I awoke this morning with devout thanksgiving for my friends, the old and the new

People that seem so glorious are all show; underneath they are like everyone else.

People that seem so glorious are all show; underneath they are like everyone else.

Friends, such as we desire, are dreams and fables.

Friends, such as we desire, are dreams and fables.

'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...

People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession...

People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession...

Better to be a nettle in the side of your friend than his echo.

Better to be a nettle in the side of your friend than his echo.

Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art. It has no survival value; rather it is...

Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art. It has no survival value; rather it is...

''A drop of honey catches more flies than a gallon of gal.'' So with men....

''A drop of honey catches more flies than a gallon of gal.'' So with men....

Love - THE FEELING - is a fruit of love, the verb.

Love - THE FEELING - is a fruit of love, the verb.