Science does not know its debt to imagination.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Imagination Quotes, Science Quotes

There can be no high civility without a deep morality

There can be no high civility without a deep morality

We take care of our health, we lay up money, we make our roof tight...

We take care of our health, we lay up money, we make our roof tight...

There are books which take rank in your life with parents and lovers and passionate...

There are books which take rank in your life with parents and lovers and passionate...

Hitch your wagon to a star.

Hitch your wagon to a star.

I do then with my friends as I do with my books. I would have...

I do then with my friends as I do with my books. I would have...

There is no knowledge that is not power

There is no knowledge that is not power

Fate is nothing but the deeds committed in a prior state of existence.

Fate is nothing but the deeds committed in a prior state of existence.

Beauty is an outward gift, which is seldom despised, except by those to whom it...

Beauty is an outward gift, which is seldom despised, except by those to whom it...

Riding a horse is not a gentle hobby, to be picked up and laid down...

Riding a horse is not a gentle hobby, to be picked up and laid down...

If the stars should appear but one night every thousand years how man would marvel...

If the stars should appear but one night every thousand years how man would marvel...

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...

We do not live an equal life, but one of contrasts and patchwork; now a...

We do not live an equal life, but one of contrasts and patchwork; now a...

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,...

Fear is the instructor of great sagacity, and the herald of all revolutions

Fear is the instructor of great sagacity, and the herald of all revolutions

Good and bad are but names very readily transferable to that or this; the only...

Good and bad are but names very readily transferable to that or this; the only...

Wherever there is power there is age.

Wherever there is power there is age.

The experience of each new age requires a new confession, and the world seems always...

The experience of each new age requires a new confession, and the world seems always...

Love is one of those jokes you have to be there to get.

Love is one of those jokes you have to be there to get.

Love is patient; love is kind and envies no one. Love is never boastful, nor...

Love is patient; love is kind and envies no one. Love is never boastful, nor...

Everyone has inside of him a piece of good news. The good news is that...

Everyone has inside of him a piece of good news. The good news is that...