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

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes

Do your work, but do your thing.

Do your work, but do your thing.

Every wall is a door.

Every wall is a door.

Every man in his lifetime needs to thank his faults.

Every man in his lifetime needs to thank his faults.

Great men are they who see that spiritual is stronger than material force, that thoughts...

Great men are they who see that spiritual is stronger than material force, that thoughts...

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

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

We acquire the strength we have overcome.

We acquire the strength we have overcome.

When a man is pushed, tormented, defeated, he has a chance to learn something

When a man is pushed, tormented, defeated, he has a chance to learn something

It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be...

It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be...

Blame is safer than praise

Blame is safer than praise

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...

Conversation is an art in which a man has all mankind for his competitors, for...

Conversation is an art in which a man has all mankind for his competitors, for...

Talent finds its models, methods, and ends in society, exists for exhibition, and goes to...

Talent finds its models, methods, and ends in society, exists for exhibition, and goes to...

God may forgive sins, he said, but awkwardness has no forgiveness in heaven or earth

God may forgive sins, he said, but awkwardness has no forgiveness in heaven or earth

Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path...

Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path...

A good intention clothes itself with power

A good intention clothes itself with power

The best part of health is fine disposition

The best part of health is fine disposition

There is then creative reading as well as creative writing

There is then creative reading as well as creative writing

I do then with my friends as I do with my books. I would have...

I do then with my friends as I do with my books. I would have...

For believe me, in this world which is ever slipping from under our feet, it...

For believe me, in this world which is ever slipping from under our feet, it...

If friends were flowers, I'd pick you

If friends were flowers, I'd pick you

Without friends no one would choose to live.

Without friends no one would choose to live.