No man ever prayed heartily without learning something.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes

Nature is too thin a screen; the glory of the omnipresent God bursts through everywhere

Nature is too thin a screen; the glory of the omnipresent God bursts through everywhere

What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered.

What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered.

Give all to love; obey thy heart

Give all to love; obey thy heart

All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.

All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.

Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.

Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.

The true artist has the planet for his pedestal; the adventurer, after years of strife,...

The true artist has the planet for his pedestal; the adventurer, after years of strife,...

Thoughts come into our minds by avenues which we never left open, and thoughts go...

Thoughts come into our minds by avenues which we never left open, and thoughts go...

A good intention clothes itself with power

A good intention clothes itself with power

Conversation is an art in which a man has all mankind for competitors.

Conversation is an art in which a man has all mankind for competitors.

Happy is the hearing man; unhappy the speaking man.

Happy is the hearing man; unhappy the speaking man.

Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes.

Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes.

Give a boy address and accomplishments and you give him the mastery of palaces and...

Give a boy address and accomplishments and you give him the mastery of palaces and...

People that seem so glorious are all show; underneath they are like everyone else.

People that seem so glorious are all show; underneath they are like everyone else.

Health is the condition of wisdom, and the sign is cheerfulness, -- an open and...

Health is the condition of wisdom, and the sign is cheerfulness, -- an open and...

A man is usually more careful of his money than he is of his principles.

A man is usually more careful of his money than he is of his principles.

For every benefit you receive a tax is levied.

For every benefit you receive a tax is levied.

I awoke with devout thanksgiving for my friends.

I awoke with devout thanksgiving for my friends.

Every book is a quotation; and every house is a quotation out of all forests,...

Every book is a quotation; and every house is a quotation out of all forests,...

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...

I hate quotations. Tell me what you know.

I hate quotations. Tell me what you know.