Things are pretty, graceful, rich, elegant, handsome, but until they speak to the imagination, not yet beautiful

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Imagination Quotes

There is then creative reading as well as creative writing

There is then creative reading as well as creative writing

The judge weighs the arguments and puts a brave face on the matter, and since...

The judge weighs the arguments and puts a brave face on the matter, and since...

I like the silent church before the service begins, better than any preaching.

I like the silent church before the service begins, better than any preaching.

The greatest gift is a portion of thyself.

The greatest gift is a portion of thyself.

The health of the eye seems to demand a horizon. We are never tired, so...

The health of the eye seems to demand a horizon. We are never tired, so...

America is another name for opportunity.

America is another name for opportunity.

A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.

A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.

Friends, such as we desire, are dreams and fables.

Friends, such as we desire, are dreams and fables.

Truth is beautiful within and without, forevermore

Truth is beautiful within and without, forevermore

Mysticism is the mistake of an accidental and individual symbol for an universal one.

Mysticism is the mistake of an accidental and individual symbol for an universal one.

Don't be pushed by your problems. Be led by your dreams.

Don't be pushed by your problems. Be led by your dreams.

Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. The prize will not be...

Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. The prize will not be...

They (the days) come and go like muffled and veiled figures sent from a distant...

They (the days) come and go like muffled and veiled figures sent from a distant...

It is not length of life, but depth of life.

It is not length of life, but depth of life.

All our progress is an unfolding, like the vegetable bud, you have first an instinct,...

All our progress is an unfolding, like the vegetable bud, you have first an instinct,...

Truth, and goodness, and beauty, are but different faces of the same All

Truth, and goodness, and beauty, are but different faces of the same All

Everything in creation has its appointed painter or poet and remains in bondage like the...

Everything in creation has its appointed painter or poet and remains in bondage like the...

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...

Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you.

Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you.

Education is what remains when one has forgotten everything he learned in school.

Education is what remains when one has forgotten everything he learned in school.

Whether I fail or succeed shall be no man's doing but my own. I am...

Whether I fail or succeed shall be no man's doing but my own. I am...