The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Wisdom Quotes

I do then with my friends as I do with my books. I would have...

I do then with my friends as I do with my books. I would have...

Great geniuses have the shortest biographies.

Great geniuses have the shortest biographies.

Fate is nothing but the deeds committed in a prior state of existence.

Fate is nothing but the deeds committed in a prior state of existence.

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.

A fly is as untamable as a hyena.

A fly is as untamable as a hyena.

Speech is power: speech is to persuade, to convert, to compel. It is to bring...

Speech is power: speech is to persuade, to convert, to compel. It is to bring...

As we grow old, the beauty steals inward.

As we grow old, the beauty steals inward.

Money, which represents the prose of life, and which is hardly spoken of in parlors...

Money, which represents the prose of life, and which is hardly spoken of in parlors...

People only see what they are prepared to see.

People only see what they are prepared to see.

Life wastes itself while we are preparing to live.

Life wastes itself while we are preparing to live.

It is a fact often observed, that men have written good verses under the inspiration...

It is a fact often observed, that men have written good verses under the inspiration...

If a man can... make a better mousetrap, the world will make a beaten path...

If a man can... make a better mousetrap, the world will make a beaten path...

There are as many pillows of illusion as flakes in a snow-storm. We wake from...

There are as many pillows of illusion as flakes in a snow-storm. We wake from...

If eyes were made for seeing, then beauty is its own excuse for being

If eyes were made for seeing, then beauty is its own excuse for being

The secret of education lies in respecting the pupil.

The secret of education lies in respecting the pupil.

None of us will ever accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to...

None of us will ever accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to...

A man is usually more careful of his money than he is of his principles.

A man is usually more careful of his money than he is of his principles.

Fear defeats more people than any other one thing in the world.

Fear defeats more people than any other one thing in the world.

Every man is a consumer, and ought to be a producer. He is by constitution...

Every man is a consumer, and ought to be a producer. He is by constitution...

Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never...

Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never...