Things are in the saddle, And ride mankind

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Mankind Quotes

Be as beneficent as the sun or the sea, but if your rights as a...

Be as beneficent as the sun or the sea, but if your rights as a...

Love, and you shall be loved

Love, and you shall be loved

Everything in Nature contains all the powers of Nature. Everything is made of one hidden...

Everything in Nature contains all the powers of Nature. Everything is made of one hidden...

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

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

Speech is power: speech is to persuade, to convert, to compel

Speech is power: speech is to persuade, to convert, to compel

Books are the best of things if well used; if abused, among the worst. They...

Books are the best of things if well used; if abused, among the worst. They...

A man's growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends.

A man's growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends.

I like the silence of a church, before the service begins better than any preaching.

I like the silence of a church, before the service begins better than any preaching.

What we seek we shall find; what we flee from flees from us.

What we seek we shall find; what we flee from flees from us.

The search after the great men is the dream of youth, and the most serious...

The search after the great men is the dream of youth, and the most serious...

A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.

A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.

The years teach much which the days never know.

The years teach much which the days never know.

The mind does not create what it perceives, any more than the eye creates the...

The mind does not create what it perceives, any more than the eye creates the...

Congratulate yourselves if you have done something strange and extravagant and broken the monotony of...

Congratulate yourselves if you have done something strange and extravagant and broken the monotony of...

Can anything be so elegant as to have few wants, and to serve them one's...

Can anything be so elegant as to have few wants, and to serve them one's...

Nature hates calculators.

Nature hates calculators.

The only reward of virtue is virtue; the only way to have a friend is...

The only reward of virtue is virtue; the only way to have a friend is...

What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered.

What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered.

Never say there is nothing beautiful in the world anymore. There is always something to...

Never say there is nothing beautiful in the world anymore. There is always something to...

There is no cosmetic for beauty like happiness.

There is no cosmetic for beauty like happiness.

The trouble with gardening is that it does not remain an avocation. It becomes an...

The trouble with gardening is that it does not remain an avocation. It becomes an...

Our observation of nature must be diligent, our reflection profound, and our experiments exact. We...

Our observation of nature must be diligent, our reflection profound, and our experiments exact. We...

Blessed are they who see beautiful things in humble places where other people see nothing.

Blessed are they who see beautiful things in humble places where other people see nothing.

A warriorfeeds his body well; he trains it; works on it. Where he lacks knowledge,...

A warriorfeeds his body well; he trains it; works on it. Where he lacks knowledge,...

The second vice is lying, the first is running in debt

The second vice is lying, the first is running in debt