Truth is handsomer than the affectation of love. Your goodness must have some edge to it, else it is none.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Truth Quotes

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,...

Some pursue happiness - others create it.

Some pursue happiness - others create it.

The greatest gift is a portion of thyself.

The greatest gift is a portion of thyself.

Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, and not merely the...

Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, and not merely the...

Culture is one thing and varnish is another.

Culture is one thing and varnish is another.

There are books which take rank in your life with parents and lovers and passionate...

There are books which take rank in your life with parents and lovers and passionate...

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...

A man cannot speak but he judges himself

A man cannot speak but he judges himself

A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is braver five minutes...

A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is braver five minutes...

The only true gift is a portion of yourself.

The only true gift is a portion of yourself.

To be great is to be misunderstood.

To be great is to be misunderstood.

Power and speed be hands and feet.

Power and speed be hands and feet.

It is hard to go beyond your public. If they are satisfied with cheap performance,...

It is hard to go beyond your public. If they are satisfied with cheap performance,...

The education of the will is the object of our existence.

The education of the will is the object of our existence.

Thought is the blossom; language the bud; action the fruit behind it

Thought is the blossom; language the bud; action the fruit behind it

We acquire the strength we have overcome.

We acquire the strength we have overcome.

He who is in love is wise and is becoming wiser, sees newly every time...

He who is in love is wise and is becoming wiser, sees newly every time...

Nature is too thin a screen; the glory of the omnipresent God bursts through everywhere

Nature is too thin a screen; the glory of the omnipresent God bursts through everywhere

Those who work in a preconceived style, deliberately turning their backs on nature, miss the...

Those who work in a preconceived style, deliberately turning their backs on nature, miss the...

Live your life each day as you would climb a mountain. An occasional glance towards...

Live your life each day as you would climb a mountain. An occasional glance towards...