The prayer of the farmer kneeling in his field to weed it, the prayer of the rower kneeling with the stroke of his oar, are true prayers heard throughout nature.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Prayer Quotes

What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered.

What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered.

It is as impossible for a man to be cheated by any one but himself,...

It is as impossible for a man to be cheated by any one but himself,...

When it is darkest, men see the stars.

When it is darkest, men see the stars.

Things are pretty, graceful, rich, elegant, handsome, but until they speak to the imagination, not...

Things are pretty, graceful, rich, elegant, handsome, but until they speak to the imagination, not...

What torments of grief you endured, from evils that never arrived

What torments of grief you endured, from evils that never arrived

I would have the studies elective. Scholarship is to be created not by compulsion, but...

I would have the studies elective. Scholarship is to be created not by compulsion, but...

No change of circumstances can repair a defect of character.

No change of circumstances can repair a defect of character.

The ancestor of every action is a thought.

The ancestor of every action is a thought.

Meek young men grow up in libraries, believing it their duty to accept the views...

Meek young men grow up in libraries, believing it their duty to accept the views...

We are wiser than we know.

We are wiser than we know.

Men are what their mothers made them.

Men are what their mothers made them.

Good bye, proud world! I'm going home; Thou art not my friend, and I'm not...

Good bye, proud world! I'm going home; Thou art not my friend, and I'm not...

Men are what their mothers made them

Men are what their mothers made them

Blame is safer than praise

Blame is safer than praise

Every man is a borrower and a mimic, life is theatrical and literature a quotation

Every man is a borrower and a mimic, life is theatrical and literature a quotation

Go often to the house of thy friend, for weeds choke the unused path.

Go often to the house of thy friend, for weeds choke the unused path.

The greatest gift is a portion of thyself.

The greatest gift is a portion of thyself.

Few people know how to take a walk. The qualifications are endurance, plain clothes, old...

Few people know how to take a walk. The qualifications are endurance, plain clothes, old...

It is quite true, as some poets said, that the God who created man must...

It is quite true, as some poets said, that the God who created man must...

Humor is something that thrives between man's aspirations and his limitations. There is more logic...

Humor is something that thrives between man's aspirations and his limitations. There is more logic...