When the act of reflection takes place in the mind, when we look at ourselves in the light of thought, we discover that our life is embosomed in beauty.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Life Quotes, Spiritual Quotes

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

Before we acquire great power we must acquire wisdom to use it well.

Before we acquire great power we must acquire wisdom to use it well.

Society is a masked ball, where every one hides his real character, and reveals it...

Society is a masked ball, where every one hides his real character, and reveals it...

There was never a child so lovely but his mother was glad to get him...

There was never a child so lovely but his mother was glad to get him...

The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common

The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common

To be great is to be misunderstood.

To be great is to be misunderstood.

I have thought a sufficient measure of civilization is the influence of good women.

I have thought a sufficient measure of civilization is the influence of good women.

Whenever you are sincerely pleased you are nourished.

Whenever you are sincerely pleased you are nourished.

In skating over thin ice our safety is in our speed.

In skating over thin ice our safety is in our speed.

A man builds a fine house; and now he has a master, and a task...

A man builds a fine house; and now he has a master, and a task...

If the stars should appear but one night every thousand years how man would marvel...

If the stars should appear but one night every thousand years how man would marvel...

Speech is power: speech is to persuade, to convert, to compel. It is to bring...

Speech is power: speech is to persuade, to convert, to compel. It is to bring...

Spiritual force is stronger than material force; thoughts rule the world.

Spiritual force is stronger than material force; thoughts rule the world.

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.

These times of ours are serious and full of calamity, but all times are essentially...

These times of ours are serious and full of calamity, but all times are essentially...

An empire is an immense egotism.

An empire is an immense egotism.

How much of human life is lost in waiting.

How much of human life is lost in waiting.

The experience of each new age requires a new confession, and the world seems always...

The experience of each new age requires a new confession, and the world seems always...

Is there something in trade that desiccates and flattens out, that turns men into dried...

Is there something in trade that desiccates and flattens out, that turns men into dried...

There is no happiness where there is no wisdom; No wisdom but in submission to...

There is no happiness where there is no wisdom; No wisdom but in submission to...

On the whole, age comes more gently to those who have some doorway into an...

On the whole, age comes more gently to those who have some doorway into an...