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

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes

There is creative reading as well as creative writing.

There is creative reading as well as creative writing.

Do what we can, summer will have its flies.

Do what we can, summer will have its flies.

It is very unhappy, but too late to be helped, the discovery we have made,...

It is very unhappy, but too late to be helped, the discovery we have made,...

Insist upon yourself. Be original.

Insist upon yourself. Be original.

Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.

Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.

As the Sandwich-Islander believes that the strength and valor of the enemy he kills passes...

As the Sandwich-Islander believes that the strength and valor of the enemy he kills passes...

Fear not, then, thou child infirm; There's no god dare wrong a worm

Fear not, then, thou child infirm; There's no god dare wrong a worm

All sensible people are selfish, and nature is tugging at every contract to make the...

All sensible people are selfish, and nature is tugging at every contract to make the...

Fame is proof that people are gullible

Fame is proof that people are gullible

Meek young men grow up in libraries, believing it their duty to accept the views...

Meek young men grow up in libraries, believing it their duty to accept the views...

There is no chance and anarchy in the universe. All is system and gradation. Every...

There is no chance and anarchy in the universe. All is system and gradation. Every...

A man is the whole encyclopedia of facts.

A man is the whole encyclopedia of facts.

The power of love, as the basis of a State, has never been tried.

The power of love, as the basis of a State, has never been tried.

Reality is a sliding door.

Reality is a sliding door.

Every experiment, by multitudes or by individuals, that has a sensual and selfish aim, will...

Every experiment, by multitudes or by individuals, that has a sensual and selfish aim, will...

Books are the best of things if well used; if abused, among the worst. They...

Books are the best of things if well used; if abused, among the worst. They...

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

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

Art is the path of the creator to his work

Art is the path of the creator to his work

What distinguishes a great artist from a weak one is first their sensibility and tenderness;...

What distinguishes a great artist from a weak one is first their sensibility and tenderness;...

To the artist there is never anything ugly in nature.

To the artist there is never anything ugly in nature.