The worst of charity is that the lives you are asked to preserve are not worth preserving

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Charity Quotes

He that loveth maketh his own the grandeur he loves

He that loveth maketh his own the grandeur he loves

To be great is to be misunderstood.

To be great is to be misunderstood.

A great part of courage is the courage of having done the thing before.

A great part of courage is the courage of having done the thing before.

For everything you have missed, you have gained something else, and for everything you gain,...

For everything you have missed, you have gained something else, and for everything you gain,...

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...

Every natural fact is a symbol of some spiritual fact.

Every natural fact is a symbol of some spiritual fact.

The man who can make hard things easy is the educator

The man who can make hard things easy is the educator

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 reason why the world lacks unity, and lies broken and in heaps, is, because...

The reason why the world lacks unity, and lies broken and in heaps, is, because...

Men's actions are too strong for them. Show me a man who has acted, and...

Men's actions are too strong for them. Show me a man who has acted, and...

A nation never falls but by suicide

A nation never falls but by suicide

O Day of days when we can read! The reader and the book, either without...

O Day of days when we can read! The reader and the book, either without...

The world is all gates, all opportunities, strings of tension waiting to be struck.

The world is all gates, all opportunities, strings of tension waiting to be struck.

Passion rebuilds the world for the youth. It makes all things alive and significant.

Passion rebuilds the world for the youth. It makes all things alive and significant.

Use what language you will, you can never say anything but what you are.

Use what language you will, you can never say anything but what you are.

Peace cannot be achieved through violence, it can only be attained through understanding.

Peace cannot be achieved through violence, it can only be attained through understanding.

There are other measures of self-respect for a man, than the number of clean shirts...

There are other measures of self-respect for a man, than the number of clean shirts...

Flowers are the earth laughing.

Flowers are the earth laughing.

The uniformity of earth's life, more astonishing than its diversity, is accountable by the high...

The uniformity of earth's life, more astonishing than its diversity, is accountable by the high...

Here is the test to find whether your mission on earth is finished. If you're...

Here is the test to find whether your mission on earth is finished. If you're...

Nothing shows a man's character more than what he laughs at.

Nothing shows a man's character more than what he laughs at.

Religions die when they are proved to be true. Science is the record of dead...

Religions die when they are proved to be true. Science is the record of dead...