There are books which take rank in your life with parents and lovers and passionate experiences, so medicinal, so stringent, so revolutionary, so authoritative.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Parents Quotes

The method of nature: who could ever analyze it?

The method of nature: who could ever analyze it?

The ornament of a house is the friends who frequent it.

The ornament of a house is the friends who frequent it.

It is said that the world is in a state of bankruptcy, that the world...

It is said that the world is in a state of bankruptcy, that the world...

Guard well your spare moments. They are like uncut diamonds. Discard them and their value...

Guard well your spare moments. They are like uncut diamonds. Discard them and their value...

Give all to love; obey thy heart

Give all to love; obey thy heart

We but half express ourselves, and are ashamed of that divine idea which each of...

We but half express ourselves, and are ashamed of that divine idea which each of...

He that loveth maketh his own the grandeur he loves

He that loveth maketh his own the grandeur he loves

Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen.

Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen.

Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you.

Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you.

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...

It is very unhappy, but too late to be helped, the discovery we have made,...

It is very unhappy, but too late to be helped, the discovery we have made,...

Beauty without grace is the hook without the bait.

Beauty without grace is the hook without the bait.

Money is the representative of a certain quantity of corn or other commodity. It is...

Money is the representative of a certain quantity of corn or other commodity. It is...

I hate the giving of the hand unless the whole man accompanies it.

I hate the giving of the hand unless the whole man accompanies it.

Always do what you are afraid to do.

Always do what you are afraid to do.

Reality is a sliding door.

Reality is a sliding door.

Half a man's wisdom goes with his courage

Half a man's wisdom goes with his courage

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...

The books one has written in the past have two surprises in store: one couldn't...

The books one has written in the past have two surprises in store: one couldn't...

There are only three pleasures in life pure and lasting, and all derived from inanimate...

There are only three pleasures in life pure and lasting, and all derived from inanimate...