There is creative reading as well as creative writing.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes

The ornament of a house is the friends who frequent it

The ornament of a house is the friends who frequent it

Progress is the activity of today and the assurance of tomorrow

Progress is the activity of today and the assurance of tomorrow

A friend is one before whom I may think aloud.

A friend is one before whom I may think aloud.

Though love repine, and reason chafe, There came a voice without reply, - 'Tis man's...

Though love repine, and reason chafe, There came a voice without reply, - 'Tis man's...

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.

We do not yet possess ourselves, and we know at the same time that we...

We do not yet possess ourselves, and we know at the same time that we...

Next to the originator of a good sentence is the first quoter of it.

Next to the originator of a good sentence is the first quoter of it.

Always do what you are afraid to do.

Always do what you are afraid to do.

Life is a train of moods like a string of beads; and as we pass...

Life is a train of moods like a string of beads; and as we pass...

People with great gifts are easy to find, but symmetrical and balanced ones never.

People with great gifts are easy to find, but symmetrical and balanced ones never.

We are by nature observers, and thereby learners. That is our permanent state.

We are by nature observers, and thereby learners. That is our permanent state.

Self-sacrifice is the real miracle out of which all the reported miracles grow

Self-sacrifice is the real miracle out of which all the reported miracles grow

Science does not know its debt to imagination.

Science does not know its debt to imagination.

Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door.

Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door.

All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.

All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.

There are as many pillows of illusion as flakes in a snow-storm. We wake from...

There are as many pillows of illusion as flakes in a snow-storm. We wake from...

No change of circumstances can repair a defect of character.

No change of circumstances can repair a defect of character.

Every true man is a cause, a country, and an age; requires infinite spaces and...

Every true man is a cause, a country, and an age; requires infinite spaces and...

You can construct the character of a man and his age not only from what...

You can construct the character of a man and his age not only from what...

Much of the wisdom of one age, is the folly of the next.

Much of the wisdom of one age, is the folly of the next.