The health of the eye seems to demand a horizon. We are never tired, so long as we can see far enough.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes

Genius is its own end, and draws its means and the style of its architecture...

Genius is its own end, and draws its means and the style of its architecture...

Give a boy address and accomplishments and you give him the mastery of palaces and...

Give a boy address and accomplishments and you give him the mastery of palaces and...

It is my desire, in the office of a Christian minister, to do nothing which...

It is my desire, in the office of a Christian minister, to do nothing which...

Knowledge is knowing that we cannot know.

Knowledge is knowing that we cannot know.

He who is in love is wise and is becoming wiser, sees newly every time...

He who is in love is wise and is becoming wiser, sees newly every time...

Nature hates calculators.

Nature hates calculators.

Self-sacrifice is the real miracle out of which all the reported miracles grow.

Self-sacrifice is the real miracle out of which all the reported miracles grow.

Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.

Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.

Hence arose the saying, If I love you, what is that to you? We say...

Hence arose the saying, If I love you, what is that to you? We say...

Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we...

Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we...

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...

As the Sandwich-Islander believes that the strength and valor of the enemy he kills passes...

As the Sandwich-Islander believes that the strength and valor of the enemy he kills passes...

War educates the senses, calls into action the will, perfects the physical constitution, brings men...

War educates the senses, calls into action the will, perfects the physical constitution, brings men...

For me, commerce is of trivial import; love, faith, truth of character, the aspiration of...

For me, commerce is of trivial import; love, faith, truth of character, the aspiration of...

The best effort of a fine person is felt after we have left their presence.

The best effort of a fine person is felt after we have left their presence.

In the matter of religion, people eagerly fasten their eyes on the difference between their...

In the matter of religion, people eagerly fasten their eyes on the difference between their...

Love, and you shall be loved

Love, and you shall be loved

Self-sacrifice is the real miracle out of which all the reported miracles grow

Self-sacrifice is the real miracle out of which all the reported miracles grow

Self-sacrifice is never entirely unselfish, for the giver never fails to receive.

Self-sacrifice is never entirely unselfish, for the giver never fails to receive.

Crude absurdities, trivial nonsense, and sublime truths are equally potent in readying people for self-sacrifice...

Crude absurdities, trivial nonsense, and sublime truths are equally potent in readying people for self-sacrifice...