My evening visitors, if they cannot see the clock, should find the time in my face.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Clocks Quotes, Time Quotes

A creative economy is the fuel of magnificence

A creative economy is the fuel of magnificence

Love is one of those jokes you have to be there to get.

Love is one of those jokes you have to be there to get.

Mysticism is the mistake of an accidental and individual symbol for an universal one.

Mysticism is the mistake of an accidental and individual symbol for an universal one.

Trust men and they will be true to you; treat them greatly and they will...

Trust men and they will be true to you; treat them greatly and they will...

What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what...

What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what...

By necessity, by proclivity, and by delight, we all quote.

By necessity, by proclivity, and by delight, we all quote.

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.

The greatest gift is a portion of thyself.

The greatest gift is a portion of thyself.

If thou fill thy brain with Boston and New York, with fashion and covetousness, and...

If thou fill thy brain with Boston and New York, with fashion and covetousness, and...

The poorest experience is rich enough for all the purposes of expressing thought

The poorest experience is rich enough for all the purposes of expressing thought

I do not hesitate to read all good books in translations. What is really best...

I do not hesitate to read all good books in translations. What is really best...

Prosperity is something the businessmen created for politicians to take credit for

Prosperity is something the businessmen created for politicians to take credit for

There are books which take rank in your life with parents and lovers and passionate...

There are books which take rank in your life with parents and lovers and passionate...

We change, whether we like it or not.

We change, whether we like it or not.

There is creative reading as well as creative writing.

There is creative reading as well as creative writing.

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

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

The ancestor of every action is a thought.

The ancestor of every action is a thought.

You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will...

You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will...

Let them fall into the snare which they have laid.

Let them fall into the snare which they have laid.

How do you put all this bad karma into the world and then are surprised...

How do you put all this bad karma into the world and then are surprised...