There is more difference in the quality of our pleasures than in the amount.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes

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

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

A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is braver five minutes...

A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is braver five minutes...

Men admire the man who can organize their wishes and thoughts in stone and wood...

Men admire the man who can organize their wishes and thoughts in stone and wood...

Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.

Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.

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,...

Insist upon yourself. Be original.

Insist upon yourself. Be original.

We all boil at different degrees

We all boil at different degrees

Talent alone cannot make a writer. There must be a man behind the book; a...

Talent alone cannot make a writer. There must be a man behind the book; a...

Nobody can bring you peace but yourself.

Nobody can bring you peace but yourself.

Truth is the property of no individual but is the treasure of all men.

Truth is the property of no individual but is the treasure of all men.

We do not live an equal life, but one of contrasts and patchwork; now a...

We do not live an equal life, but one of contrasts and patchwork; now a...

Revolutions go not backward.

Revolutions go not backward.

A man is a little thing while he works by and for himself; but when...

A man is a little thing while he works by and for himself; but when...

Win as if you were used to it, lose as if you enjoyed it for...

Win as if you were used to it, lose as if you enjoyed it for...

One must be an inventor to read well. There is then creative reading as well...

One must be an inventor to read well. There is then creative reading as well...

A man in debt is so far a slave.

A man in debt is so far a slave.

The years teach much which the days never knew.

The years teach much which the days never knew.

Love, and you shall be loved

Love, and you shall be loved

'Why do we have to listen to our hearts?' 'Because, wherever your heart is, that...

'Why do we have to listen to our hearts?' 'Because, wherever your heart is, that...

We sat side by side in the morning light and looked out at the future...

We sat side by side in the morning light and looked out at the future...