Science does not know its debt to imagination.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes

Pictures must not be too picturesque.

Pictures must not be too picturesque.

Health is the first muse, and sleep is the condition to produce it

Health is the first muse, and sleep is the condition to produce it

Culture is one thing and varnish is another.

Culture is one thing and varnish is another.

Everything in Nature contains all the powers of Nature. Everything is made of one hidden...

Everything in Nature contains all the powers of Nature. Everything is made of one hidden...

For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.

For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.

The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to...

The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to...

Give no bounties: make equal laws: secure life and prosperity and you need not give...

Give no bounties: make equal laws: secure life and prosperity and you need not give...

Extremes meet, and there is no better example than the naughtiness of humility

Extremes meet, and there is no better example than the naughtiness of humility

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 history is a record of the power of minorities, and of minorities of one

All history is a record of the power of minorities, and of minorities of one

Earth laughs in flowers.

Earth laughs in flowers.

Every sentence spoken by Napoleon, and every line of his writing, deserves reading, as it...

Every sentence spoken by Napoleon, and every line of his writing, deserves reading, as it...

Do your work, but do your thing.

Do your work, but do your thing.

Every man is a consumer, and ought to be a producer. He is by constitution...

Every man is a consumer, and ought to be a producer. He is by constitution...

Happiness is just an illusion caused by the temporary absence of reality.

Happiness is just an illusion caused by the temporary absence of reality.

For everything you have missed, you have gained something else, and for everything you gain,...

For everything you have missed, you have gained something else, and for everything you gain,...

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...

One of the illusions of life is that the present hour is not the critical,...

One of the illusions of life is that the present hour is not the critical,...

There's no doomsday scheme made specifically for mankind, only higher agenda and priority than human...

There's no doomsday scheme made specifically for mankind, only higher agenda and priority than human...

Harold Camping of Family Radio is predicting the end of the world for May 21,...

Harold Camping of Family Radio is predicting the end of the world for May 21,...

Ignorant people see life as either existence or non-existence, but wise men see it beyond...

Ignorant people see life as either existence or non-existence, but wise men see it beyond...