Science does not know its debt to imagination.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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There is an optical illusion about every person we meet.

There is an optical illusion about every person we meet.

Then beauty is its own excuse for being.

Then beauty is its own excuse for being.

Every man has his own courage, and is betrayed because he seeks in himself the...

Every man has his own courage, and is betrayed because he seeks in himself the...

He who is not everyday conquering some fear has not learned the secret of life.

He who is not everyday conquering some fear has not learned the secret of life.

We are always getting ready to live but never living.

We are always getting ready to live but never living.

We do not yet possess ourselves, and we know at the same time that we...

We do not yet possess ourselves, and we know at the same time that we...

A man is a little thing while he works by and for himself; but when...

A man is a little thing while he works by and for himself; but when...

The reward of a thing well done is to have done it.

The reward of a thing well done is to have done it.

The poorest experience is rich enough for all the purposes of expressing thought

The poorest experience is rich enough for all the purposes of expressing thought

It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be...

It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be...

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,...

Night hovers all day in the boughs of the fir tree.

Night hovers all day in the boughs of the fir tree.

Love of beauty is Taste. The creation of beauty is Art.

Love of beauty is Taste. The creation of beauty is Art.

Every fact is related on one side to sensation, and, on the other, to morals....

Every fact is related on one side to sensation, and, on the other, to morals....

A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes...

A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes...

We lie in the lap of immense intelligence.

We lie in the lap of immense intelligence.

So of cheerfulness, or a good temper, the more it is spent, the more it...

So of cheerfulness, or a good temper, the more it is spent, the more it...

Talent finds its models, methods, and ends in society, exists for exhibition, and goes to...

Talent finds its models, methods, and ends in society, exists for exhibition, and goes to...

Talent works, genius creates.

Talent works, genius creates.

It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use...

It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use...