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

Every known fact in natural science was divined by the presentiment of somebody, before it...

Every known fact in natural science was divined by the presentiment of somebody, before it...

O Day of days when we can read! The reader and the book, either without...

O Day of days when we can read! The reader and the book, either without...

Proverbs, like the sacred books of each nation, are the sanctuary of the intuitions.

Proverbs, like the sacred books of each nation, are the sanctuary of the intuitions.

A man cannot speak but he judges himself

A man cannot speak but he judges himself

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....

These times of ours are serious and full of calamity, but all times are essentially...

These times of ours are serious and full of calamity, but all times are essentially...

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

God enters by a private door into every individual.

God enters by a private door into every individual.

When nature has work to be done, she creates a genius to do it.

When nature has work to be done, she creates a genius to do it.

Enthusiasm is the mother of effort, and without it nothing great was ever achieved.

Enthusiasm is the mother of effort, and without it nothing great was ever achieved.

The quality of the imagination is to flow and not to freeze

The quality of the imagination is to flow and not to freeze

All diseases run into one, old age.

All diseases run into one, old age.

The beautiful rests on the foundations of the necessary

The beautiful rests on the foundations of the necessary

Men should take their knowledge from the Sun, the Moon and the Stars.

Men should take their knowledge from the Sun, the Moon and the Stars.

A nation never falls but by suicide

A nation never falls but by suicide

The fox has many tricks. The hedgehog has but one. But that is the best...

The fox has many tricks. The hedgehog has but one. But that is the best...

Good manners are made up of petty sacrifices

Good manners are made up of petty sacrifices

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,...

The dynamic shifted this year. There was a growing perception that supply was running out....

The dynamic shifted this year. There was a growing perception that supply was running out....

There's no doomsday scheme made specifically for mankind, only higher agenda and priority than human...

There's no doomsday scheme made specifically for mankind, only higher agenda and priority than human...

If a man earnestly seeks a righteous life, his first act of abstinence is from...

If a man earnestly seeks a righteous life, his first act of abstinence is from...