That man is idle who can do something better

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.

All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.

Do not believe that possibly you can escape the reward of your action.

Do not believe that possibly you can escape the reward of your action.

The ancestor of every action is a thought

The ancestor of every action is a thought

All men in the abstract are just and good

All men in the abstract are just and good

We see God face to face every hour, and know the savor of Nature.

We see God face to face every hour, and know the savor of Nature.

Every man passes his life in the search after friendship.

Every man passes his life in the search after friendship.

Do what we can, summer will have its flies.

Do what we can, summer will have its flies.

Be true to your own act and congratulate yourself if you have done something strange...

Be true to your own act and congratulate yourself if you have done something strange...

How painful to give a gift to any person of sensibility, or of equality! It...

How painful to give a gift to any person of sensibility, or of equality! It...

Science does not know its debt to imagination.

Science does not know its debt to imagination.

Doing well is the result of doing good. That's what capitalism is all about.

Doing well is the result of doing good. That's what capitalism is all about.

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.

When the act of reflection takes place in the mind, when we look at ourselves...

When the act of reflection takes place in the mind, when we look at ourselves...

Art is the path of the creator to his work

Art is the path of the creator to his work

I am; therefore, I had nothing better to do than to think.

I am; therefore, I had nothing better to do than to think.

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

Commerce is of trivial import; love, faith, truth of character, the aspiration of man, these...

Commerce is of trivial import; love, faith, truth of character, the aspiration of man, these...

Men cease to interest us when we find their limitations

Men cease to interest us when we find their limitations

To suffering there is a limit; to fearing, none.

To suffering there is a limit; to fearing, none.

Most people are not really free. They are confined by the niche in the world...

Most people are not really free. They are confined by the niche in the world...