The mind does not create what it perceives, any more than the eye creates the rose

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Mind Quotes

There is a tendency for things to right themselves.

There is a tendency for things to right themselves.

We acquire the strength we have overcome.

We acquire the strength we have overcome.

Science does not know its debt to imagination.

Science does not know its debt to imagination.

The secret of ugliness consists not in irregularity, but in being uninteresting.

The secret of ugliness consists not in irregularity, but in being uninteresting.

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...

We see God face to face every hour, and know the savor of Nature.

We see God face to face every hour, and know the savor of Nature.

Self-reliance is its aversion. It loves not realities and creators, but names and customs.

Self-reliance is its aversion. It loves not realities and creators, but names and customs.

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.

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...

When you strike at a king, you must kill him

When you strike at a king, you must kill him

Nature is endeared by the wooded path, but offended where too many tread.

Nature is endeared by the wooded path, but offended where too many tread.

Do what you are afraid to do

Do what you are afraid to do

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

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

To believe in luck - is skepticism

To believe in luck - is skepticism

For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind.

For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind.

Trust your instinct to the end, though you can render no reason.

Trust your instinct to the end, though you can render no reason.

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.

Do not go where the path may lead; go instead where there is no path...

Do not go where the path may lead; go instead where there is no path...

Your families are extremely proud of you. You can't imagine the sense of relief they...

Your families are extremely proud of you. You can't imagine the sense of relief they...

Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you...

Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you...

Being born again is not an end in itself but an opportunity to travel on...

Being born again is not an end in itself but an opportunity to travel on...