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

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Wisdom Quotes

Culture is one thing and varnish is another.

Culture is one thing and varnish is another.

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.

Love and you shall be loved

Love and you shall be loved

Nothing can bring you happiness but yourself.

Nothing can bring you happiness but yourself.

Night hovers all day in the boughs of the fir tree.

Night hovers all day in the boughs of the fir tree.

A good intention clothes itself with power

A good intention clothes itself with power

A nation never falls but by suicide

A nation never falls but by suicide

There is a blessed necessity by which the interest of men is always driving them...

There is a blessed necessity by which the interest of men is always driving them...

Nature hates calculators.

Nature hates calculators.

Guard well your spare moments. They are like uncut diamonds. Discard them and their value...

Guard well your spare moments. They are like uncut diamonds. Discard them and their value...

The man who has seen the rising moon break out of the clouds at midnight...

The man who has seen the rising moon break out of the clouds at midnight...

Whenever you are sincerely pleased you are nourished.

Whenever you are sincerely pleased you are nourished.

If a man can... make a better mousetrap, the world will make a beaten path...

If a man can... make a better mousetrap, the world will make a beaten path...

Be silly. Be honest. Be kind.

Be silly. Be honest. Be kind.

Genius is its own end, and draws its means and the style of its architecture...

Genius is its own end, and draws its means and the style of its architecture...

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...

A chief event of life is the day in which we have encountered a mind...

A chief event of life is the day in which we have encountered a mind...

It is impossible for a man to be cheated by anyone but himself.

It is impossible for a man to be cheated by anyone but himself.

It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes...

It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes...

Girls cheat if theres something wrong with the relationship; guys cheat if theres an opportunity...

Girls cheat if theres something wrong with the relationship; guys cheat if theres an opportunity...