The sum of wisdom is that time is never lost that is devoted to work.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Wisdom Quotes

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

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

Judge of your natural character by what you do in your dreams.

Judge of your natural character by what you do in your dreams.

Manners are the happy ways of doing things; each once a stroke of genius or...

Manners are the happy ways of doing things; each once a stroke of genius or...

No change of circumstances can repair a defect of character.

No change of circumstances can repair a defect of character.

Speak less. Say more. whaywardj

Speak less. Say more. whaywardj

Let the beauty you love be what you do. There are a thousand ways to...

Let the beauty you love be what you do. There are a thousand ways to...

Each man is a hero and an oracle to somebody

Each man is a hero and an oracle to somebody

Always do what you are afraid to do.

Always do what you are afraid to do.

Happiness is just an illusion caused by the temporary absence of reality.

Happiness is just an illusion caused by the temporary absence of reality.

God enters by a private door into every individual.

God enters by a private door into every individual.

Can anything be so elegant as to have few wants, and to serve them one's...

Can anything be so elegant as to have few wants, and to serve them one's...

Let us be silent, that we may hear the whispers of the gods.

Let us be silent, that we may hear the whispers of the gods.

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...

If I have lost confidence in myself, I have the universe against me.

If I have lost confidence in myself, I have the universe against me.

Finish every day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some...

Finish every day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some...

The man who has seen the rising moon break out of the clouds at midnight...

The man who has seen the rising moon break out of the clouds at midnight...

The only way to have a friend is to be one.

The only way to have a friend is to be one.

There are books which take rank in your life with parents and lovers and passionate...

There are books which take rank in your life with parents and lovers and passionate...

Parents, however old they and we may grow to be, serve among other things to...

Parents, however old they and we may grow to be, serve among other things to...

The parents have a right to say that no teacher paid by their money shall...

The parents have a right to say that no teacher paid by their money shall...