Nature is trying very hard to make us succeed, but nature does not depend on us. We are not the only experiment.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Nature Quotes

He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, And he who...

He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, And he who...

A man is what he thinks about all day long.

A man is what he thinks about all day long.

Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.

Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.

Noblesse oblige; or, superior advantages bind you to larger generosity

Noblesse oblige; or, superior advantages bind you to larger generosity

O Day of days when we can read! The reader and the book, either without...

O Day of days when we can read! The reader and the book, either without...

Skepticism? Yes, but a saint is a skeptic once in twenty-four hours.

Skepticism? Yes, but a saint is a skeptic once in twenty-four hours.

A man is a God in ruins.

A man is a God in ruins.

Nature is a mutable cloud which is always and never the same.

Nature is a mutable cloud which is always and never the same.

If the tongue had not been framed for articulation, man would still be a beast...

If the tongue had not been framed for articulation, man would still be a beast...

Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with...

Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with...

The stupidity of men always invites the insolence of power.

The stupidity of men always invites the insolence of power.

Skill to do comes of doing

Skill to do comes of doing

Public opinion, I am sorry to say, will bear a great deal of nonsense. There...

Public opinion, I am sorry to say, will bear a great deal of nonsense. There...

It is as impossible for a man to be cheated by any one but himself,...

It is as impossible for a man to be cheated by any one but himself,...

How much of human life is lost in waiting.

How much of human life is lost in waiting.

God enters by a private door into every individual.

God enters by a private door into every individual.

Do the thing you fear, and the death of fear is certain.

Do the thing you fear, and the death of fear is certain.

Life is not so short but that there is always time for courtesy

Life is not so short but that there is always time for courtesy

I have very poor and unhappy brains for drinking: I could well wish courtesy would...

I have very poor and unhappy brains for drinking: I could well wish courtesy would...

Intelligence and courtesy not always are combined; Often in a wooden house a golden room...

Intelligence and courtesy not always are combined; Often in a wooden house a golden room...