Thoughts come into our minds by avenues which we never left open, and thoughts go out of our minds through avenues which we never voluntarily opened.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Thought Quotes

If the tongue had not been framed for articulation, man would still be a beast...

If the tongue had not been framed for articulation, man would still be a beast...

Our chief want in life is somebody who shall make us do what we can.

Our chief want in life is somebody who shall make us do what we can.

Those who live to the future must always appear selfish to those who live to...

Those who live to the future must always appear selfish to those who live to...

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

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

All history is but the lengthened shadow of a great man

All history is but the lengthened shadow of a great man

Tis the good reader that makes the good book.

Tis the good reader that makes the good book.

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

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

Let us be silent, that we may hear the whispers of the gods.

Let us be silent, that we may hear the whispers of the gods.

Curiosity is lying in wait for every secret.

Curiosity is lying in wait for every secret.

Life is a succession of lessons, which must be lived to be understood.

Life is a succession of lessons, which must be lived to be understood.

Few people know how to take a walk. The qualifications are endurance, plain clothes, old...

Few people know how to take a walk. The qualifications are endurance, plain clothes, old...

Nature is no spendthrift, but takes the shortest way to her ends

Nature is no spendthrift, but takes the shortest way to her ends

Poverty, Frost, Famine, Rain, Disease, are the beadles and guardsmen that hold us to Common...

Poverty, Frost, Famine, Rain, Disease, are the beadles and guardsmen that hold us to Common...

Why need I volumes, if one word suffice?

Why need I volumes, if one word suffice?

The best effort of a fine person is felt after we have left their presence.

The best effort of a fine person is felt after we have left their presence.

Earth laughs in flowers.

Earth laughs in flowers.

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...

Judge of your natural character by what you do in your dreams.

Judge of your natural character by what you do in your dreams.

No accurate thinker will judge another person by that which the other person's enemies say...

No accurate thinker will judge another person by that which the other person's enemies say...

If you judge me you don't have time to love me.

If you judge me you don't have time to love me.