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

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Elegance Quotes, Self Reliance Quotes

A low self-love in the parent desires that his child should repeat his character and...

A low self-love in the parent desires that his child should repeat his character and...

Curiosity is lying in wait for every secret.

Curiosity is lying in wait for every secret.

Conservatism makes no poetry, breathes no prayer, has no invention; it is all memory. Reform...

Conservatism makes no poetry, breathes no prayer, has no invention; it is all memory. Reform...

Finish every day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some...

Finish every day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some...

The ancestor of every action is a thought.

The ancestor of every action is a thought.

When a resolute young fellow steps up to the great bully, the world, and takes...

When a resolute young fellow steps up to the great bully, the world, and takes...

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

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

We must be our own before we can be another's.

We must be our own before we can be another's.

Coolness and absence of heat and haste indicate fine qualities

Coolness and absence of heat and haste indicate fine qualities

The eyes indicate the antiquity of the soul

The eyes indicate the antiquity of the soul

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...

Great men are they who see that the spiritual is stronger than any material force,...

Great men are they who see that the spiritual is stronger than any material force,...

Money often costs too much.

Money often costs too much.

As the traveler who has lost his way, throws his reins on his horse's neck,...

As the traveler who has lost his way, throws his reins on his horse's neck,...

Do what we can, summer will have its flies.

Do what we can, summer will have its flies.

The reason why men do not obey us, is because they see the mud at...

The reason why men do not obey us, is because they see the mud at...

The beautiful rests on the foundations of the necessary

The beautiful rests on the foundations of the necessary

There are other measures of self-respect for a man, than the number of clean shirts...

There are other measures of self-respect for a man, than the number of clean shirts...

Nature always wears the colors of the spirit.

Nature always wears the colors of the spirit.

Great men or men of great gifts you shall easily find, but symmetrical men never.

Great men or men of great gifts you shall easily find, but symmetrical men never.