Science does not know its debt to imagination.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Imagination Quotes, Science Quotes

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...

A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers...

A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers...

Skepticism is slow suicide

Skepticism is slow suicide

Noblesse oblige; or, superior advantages bind you to larger generosity

Noblesse oblige; or, superior advantages bind you to larger generosity

Go often to the house of thy friend, for weeds choke the unused path.

Go often to the house of thy friend, for weeds choke the unused path.

The only reward of virtue is virtue; the only way to have a friend is...

The only reward of virtue is virtue; the only way to have a friend is...

Be a little careful about your library. Do you foresee what you will do with...

Be a little careful about your library. Do you foresee what you will do with...

When we quarrel, how we wish we had been blameless.

When we quarrel, how we wish we had been blameless.

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...

Guard well your spare moments. They are like uncut diamonds. Discard them and their value...

Guard well your spare moments. They are like uncut diamonds. Discard them and their value...

There was never a child so lovely but his mother was glad to get him...

There was never a child so lovely but his mother was glad to get him...

We are always getting ready to live but never living.

We are always getting ready to live but never living.

Children are all foreigners.

Children are all foreigners.

Patience and fortitude conquer all things

Patience and fortitude conquer all things

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.

With the past, I have nothing to do; nor with the future. I live now.

With the past, I have nothing to do; nor with the future. I live now.

Manners require time, and nothing is more vulgar than haste.

Manners require time, and nothing is more vulgar than haste.

There is more difference in the quality of our pleasures than in the amount.

There is more difference in the quality of our pleasures than in the amount.

Nature always wears the colors of the spirit.

Nature always wears the colors of the spirit.

The health of the eye seems to demand a horizon. We are never tired, so...

The health of the eye seems to demand a horizon. We are never tired, so...