The poorest experience is rich enough for all the purposes of expressing thought

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Writing Quotes

A nation never falls but by suicide

A nation never falls but by suicide

For every benefit you receive a tax is levied.

For every benefit you receive a tax is levied.

Man is a piece of the universe made alive

Man is a piece of the universe made alive

Doing well is the result of doing good. That's what capitalism is all about.

Doing well is the result of doing good. That's what capitalism is all about.

A chief event of life is the day in which we have encountered a mind...

A chief event of life is the day in which we have encountered a mind...

A man is the whole encyclopedia of facts.

A man is the whole encyclopedia of facts.

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

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

We are rich only through what we give, and poor only through what we refuse.

We are rich only through what we give, and poor only through what we refuse.

We do not yet possess ourselves, and we know at the same time that we...

We do not yet possess ourselves, and we know at the same time that we...

The reason why men do not obey us, is because they see the mud at...

The reason why men do not obey us, is because they see the mud at...

Nature and Books belong to the eyes that see them.

Nature and Books belong to the eyes that see them.

The first wealth is health.

The first wealth is health.

Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.

Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.

Every sentence spoken by Napoleon, and every line of his writing, deserves reading, as it...

Every sentence spoken by Napoleon, and every line of his writing, deserves reading, as it...

Every wall is a door.

Every wall is a door.

Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with...

Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with...

All our progress is an unfolding, like the vegetable bud, you have first an instinct,...

All our progress is an unfolding, like the vegetable bud, you have first an instinct,...

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...

There is no danger of developing eyestrain from looking on the bright side of things.

There is no danger of developing eyestrain from looking on the bright side of things.

Cheerfulness is the off-shoot of goodness

Cheerfulness is the off-shoot of goodness