Nature and Books belong to the eyes that see them.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Books Quotes, Eyes Quotes, Nature Quotes

Never self-possessed, or prudent, love is all abandonment.

Never self-possessed, or prudent, love is all abandonment.

Who you are speaks so loudly I can't hear what you're saying.

Who you are speaks so loudly I can't hear what you're saying.

The sum of wisdom is that time is never lost that is devoted to work.

The sum of wisdom is that time is never lost that is devoted to work.

Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you.

Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you.

All diseases run into one, old age.

All diseases run into one, old age.

We aim above the mark to hit the mark.

We aim above the mark to hit the mark.

All men in the abstract are just and good

All men in the abstract are just and good

Why need I volumes, if one word suffice?

Why need I volumes, if one word suffice?

Life is a progress, and not a station.

Life is a progress, and not a station.

So of cheerfulness, or a good temper, the more it is spent, the more it...

So of cheerfulness, or a good temper, the more it is spent, the more it...

Curiosity is lying in wait for every secret.

Curiosity is lying in wait for every secret.

Our chief want in life is somebody who shall make us do what we can.

Our chief want in life is somebody who shall make us do what we can.

A nation never falls but by suicide

A nation never falls but by suicide

Every man is a quotation from all his ancestors.

Every man is a quotation from all his ancestors.

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...

Coolness and absence of heat and haste indicate fine qualities

Coolness and absence of heat and haste indicate fine qualities

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

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

Life is a train of moods like a string of beads; and as we pass...

Life is a train of moods like a string of beads; and as we pass...

Once I knew only darkness and stillness... my life was without past or future... but...

Once I knew only darkness and stillness... my life was without past or future... but...

All we see of someone at any moment is a snapshot of their life, there...

All we see of someone at any moment is a snapshot of their life, there...