Let us be silent, that we may hear the whispers of the gods.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Wisdom Quotes

If you would lift me up you must be on higher ground.

If you would lift me up you must be on higher ground.

We are rich only through what we give, and poor only through what we refuse.

We are rich only through what we give, and poor only through what we refuse.

Enthusiasm is the mother of effort, and without it nothing great was ever achieved.

Enthusiasm is the mother of effort, and without it nothing great was ever achieved.

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

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

We are always getting ready to live but never living.

We are always getting ready to live but never living.

Proverbs, like the sacred books of each nation, are the sanctuary of the intuitions.

Proverbs, like the sacred books of each nation, are the sanctuary of the intuitions.

One of the illusions of life is that the present hour is not the critical,...

One of the illusions of life is that the present hour is not the critical,...

Money, which represents the prose of life, and which is hardly spoken of in parlors...

Money, which represents the prose of life, and which is hardly spoken of in parlors...

All diseases run into one, old age.

All diseases run into one, old age.

A great part of courage is the courage of having done the thing before.

A great part of courage is the courage of having done the thing before.

Riding a horse is not a gentle hobby, to be picked up and laid down...

Riding a horse is not a gentle hobby, to be picked up and laid down...

Finish every day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some...

Finish every day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some...

The mind does not create what it perceives, any more than the eye creates the...

The mind does not create what it perceives, any more than the eye creates the...

An empire is an immense egotism.

An empire is an immense egotism.

Art is a jealous mistress, and if a man has a genius for painting, poetry,...

Art is a jealous mistress, and if a man has a genius for painting, poetry,...

All our progress is an unfolding, like the vegetable bud, you have first an instinct,...

All our progress is an unfolding, like the vegetable bud, you have first an instinct,...

Truth, and goodness, and beauty, are but different faces of the same All

Truth, and goodness, and beauty, are but different faces of the same All

Wisdom has its root in goodness, not goodness its root in wisdom.

Wisdom has its root in goodness, not goodness its root in wisdom.

Where is wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost...

Where is wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost...

Never does nature say one thing and wisdom another

Never does nature say one thing and wisdom another