'Tis pedantry to estimate nations by the census, or by square miles of land, or other than by their importance to the mind of the time

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Appreciation Quotes

No change of circumstances can repair a defect of character.

No change of circumstances can repair a defect of character.

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,...

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...

Give a boy address and accomplishments and you give him the mastery of palaces and...

Give a boy address and accomplishments and you give him the mastery of palaces and...

Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with...

Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with...

Nothing external to you has any power over you.

Nothing external to you has any power over you.

A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature

A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature

Give all to love; obey thy heart.

Give all to love; obey thy heart.

The civilized man has built a coach, but has lost the use of his feet.

The civilized man has built a coach, but has lost the use of his feet.

Do the thing you fear, and the death of fear is certain.

Do the thing you fear, and the death of fear is certain.

A fly is as untamable as a hyena.

A fly is as untamable as a hyena.

Speak less. Say more. whaywardj

Speak less. Say more. whaywardj

In the matter of religion, people eagerly fasten their eyes on the difference between their...

In the matter of religion, people eagerly fasten their eyes on the difference between their...

Who hears me, who understands me, becomes mine, a possession for all time.

Who hears me, who understands me, becomes mine, a possession for all time.

Love is one of those jokes you have to be there to get.

Love is one of those jokes you have to be there to get.

Science does not know its debt to imagination.

Science does not know its debt to imagination.

Every man in his lifetime needs to thank his faults.

Every man in his lifetime needs to thank his faults.

If you would lift me up you must be on higher ground.

If you would lift me up you must be on higher ground.

People only see what they are prepared to see.

People only see what they are prepared to see.

The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.

The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.