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

I do not hesitate to read all good books in translations. What is really best...

I do not hesitate to read all good books in translations. What is really best...

If I have lost confidence in myself, I have the universe against me.

If I have lost confidence in myself, I have the universe against me.

So of cheerfulness, or a good temper, the more it is spent, the more it...

So of cheerfulness, or a good temper, the more it is spent, the more it...

Some pursue happiness - others create it.

Some pursue happiness - others create it.

When a man is pushed, tormented, defeated, he has a chance to learn something

When a man is pushed, tormented, defeated, he has a chance to learn something

Each man is a hero and an oracle to somebody

Each man is a hero and an oracle to somebody

Nothing can bring you happiness but yourself.

Nothing can bring you happiness but yourself.

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.

America is another name for opportunity.

America is another name for opportunity.

We acquire the strength we have overcome.

We acquire the strength we have overcome.

Don't be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. The...

Don't be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. The...

God screens us evermore from premature ideas.

God screens us evermore from premature ideas.

Extremes meet, and there is no better example than the naughtiness of humility

Extremes meet, and there is no better example than the naughtiness of humility

All conservatives are such from personal defects. They have been effeminated by position or nature,...

All conservatives are such from personal defects. They have been effeminated by position or nature,...

A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is braver five minutes...

A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is braver five minutes...

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...

Skepticism is slow suicide

Skepticism is slow suicide

Every man supposes himself not to be fully understood or appreciated.

Every man supposes himself not to be fully understood or appreciated.

Self-pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it, we can never do...

Self-pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it, we can never do...

It's odd that you can get so anesthetized by your own pain or your own...

It's odd that you can get so anesthetized by your own pain or your own...