The hearing ear is always found close to the speaking tongue

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Hearing Quotes

Some books leave us free and some books make us free.

Some books leave us free and some books make us free.

Wisdom has its root in goodness, not goodness its root in wisdom.

Wisdom has its root in goodness, not goodness its root in wisdom.

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...

A fly is as untamable as a hyena.

A fly is as untamable as a hyena.

There is a certain satisfaction in coming down to the lowest ground of politics, for...

There is a certain satisfaction in coming down to the lowest ground of politics, for...

They can conquer who believe they can. He has not learned the first lesson in...

They can conquer who believe they can. He has not learned the first lesson in...

Life is a succession of lessons, which must be lived to be understood.

Life is a succession of lessons, which must be lived to be understood.

Science does not know its debt to imagination.

Science does not know its debt to imagination.

A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.

A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.

Why need I volumes, if one word suffice?

Why need I volumes, if one word suffice?

As soon as there is life there is danger.

As soon as there is life there is danger.

Money often costs too much.

Money often costs too much.

Nobody can bring you peace but yourself.

Nobody can bring you peace but yourself.

Nature is too thin a screen; the glory of the omnipresent God bursts through everywhere

Nature is too thin a screen; the glory of the omnipresent God bursts through everywhere

Do your work, but do your thing.

Do your work, but do your thing.

He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, And he who...

He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, And he who...

People do not seem to realize that their opinion of the world is also a...

People do not seem to realize that their opinion of the world is also a...

God enters by a private door into every individual.

God enters by a private door into every individual.

If we never thank God for every smile then why do we blame him for...

If we never thank God for every smile then why do we blame him for...

I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that his justice...

I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that his justice...