Whatever limits us, we call Fate

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Limits Quotes

What lies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to...

What lies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to...

A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere. Before him I may...

A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere. Before him I may...

We are born believing. A man bears beliefs as a tree bears apples.

We are born believing. A man bears beliefs as a tree bears apples.

Wherever there is power there is age.

Wherever there is power there is age.

People that seem so glorious are all show; underneath they are like everyone else.

People that seem so glorious are all show; underneath they are like everyone else.

The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time...

The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time...

Fear is the instructor of great sagacity, and the herald of all revolutions

Fear is the instructor of great sagacity, and the herald of all revolutions

A man is what he thinks about all day long.

A man is what he thinks about all day long.

Be a little careful about your library. Do you foresee what you will do with...

Be a little careful about your library. Do you foresee what you will do with...

Man is a piece of the universe made alive

Man is a piece of the universe made alive

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...

Nature and Books belong to the eyes that see them.

Nature and Books belong to the eyes that see them.

The death of a dear friend, wife, brother, lover, which seemed nothing but privation, somewhat...

The death of a dear friend, wife, brother, lover, which seemed nothing but privation, somewhat...

There is a certain satisfaction in coming down to the lowest ground of politics, for...

There is a certain satisfaction in coming down to the lowest ground of politics, for...

We lie in the lap of immense intelligence.

We lie in the lap of immense intelligence.

Manners are the happy ways of doing things; each once a stroke of genius or...

Manners are the happy ways of doing things; each once a stroke of genius or...

Why need I volumes, if one word suffice?

Why need I volumes, if one word suffice?

If thou fill thy brain with Boston and New York, with fashion and covetousness, and...

If thou fill thy brain with Boston and New York, with fashion and covetousness, and...

I'm all for bringing back the birch, but only between consenting adults

I'm all for bringing back the birch, but only between consenting adults

Adults are always asking little kids what they want to be when they grow up...

Adults are always asking little kids what they want to be when they grow up...

Of course, clothing fashions have always been impractical, except in Tahiti

Of course, clothing fashions have always been impractical, except in Tahiti