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

He who is not everyday conquering some fear has not learned the secret of life.

He who is not everyday conquering some fear has not learned the secret of life.

The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common.

The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common.

How painful to give a gift to any person of sensibility, or of equality! It...

How painful to give a gift to any person of sensibility, or of equality! It...

There is creative reading as well as creative writing.

There is creative reading as well as creative writing.

The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, Nor the kindly smile nor the...

The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, Nor the kindly smile nor the...

Every man supposes himself not to be fully understood or appreciated.

Every man supposes himself not to be fully understood or appreciated.

Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes.

Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes.

People that seem so glorious are all show; underneath they are like everyone else.

People that seem so glorious are all show; underneath they are like everyone else.

The torpid artist seeks inspiration at any cost, by virtue or by vice, by friend...

The torpid artist seeks inspiration at any cost, by virtue or by vice, by friend...

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...

Imitation is suicide

Imitation is suicide

All men in the abstract are just and good

All men in the abstract are just and good

Do the thing and you will be given the power

Do the thing and you will be given the power

We are always getting ready to live but never living.

We are always getting ready to live but never living.

Half a man's wisdom goes with his courage

Half a man's wisdom goes with his courage

A good indignation brings out all one's powers.

A good indignation brings out all one's powers.

The reason why all men honor love is because it looks up, and not down;...

The reason why all men honor love is because it looks up, and not down;...

Heaven give you many, many merry days! - from The Merry Wives of Windsor

Heaven give you many, many merry days! - from The Merry Wives of Windsor

Love is the enchanted dawn of every heart.

Love is the enchanted dawn of every heart.

Love is a flame that burns in heaven, And whose soft reflections radiate to us....

Love is a flame that burns in heaven, And whose soft reflections radiate to us....

It is not what you give your friend, but what you are willing to give...

It is not what you give your friend, but what you are willing to give...