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

Fine manners need the support of fine manners in others.

Fine manners need the support of fine manners in others.

Necessity does everything well.

Necessity does everything well.

Every man in his lifetime needs to thank his faults.

Every man in his lifetime needs to thank his faults.

The worst of charity is that the lives you are asked to preserve are not...

The worst of charity is that the lives you are asked to preserve are not...

Thoughts come into our minds by avenues which we never left open, and thoughts go...

Thoughts come into our minds by avenues which we never left open, and thoughts go...

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

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

As soon as there is life, there is danger

As soon as there is life, there is danger

Be true to your own act and congratulate yourself if you have done something strange...

Be true to your own act and congratulate yourself if you have done something strange...

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

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

What torments of grief you endured, from evils that never arrived

What torments of grief you endured, from evils that never arrived

All conservatives are such from personal defects. They have been effeminated by position or nature,...

All conservatives are such from personal defects. They have been effeminated by position or nature,...

What lies behind us, and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what...

What lies behind us, and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what...

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

The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.

The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.

Whatever limits us, we call Fate

Whatever limits us, we call Fate

He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, And he who...

He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, And he who...

Science does not know its debt to imagination.

Science does not know its debt to imagination.

If we encounter a man of rare intellect, we should ask him what books he...

If we encounter a man of rare intellect, we should ask him what books he...

The burning of an author's books, imprisonment for opinion's sake, has always been the tribute...

The burning of an author's books, imprisonment for opinion's sake, has always been the tribute...

The books one reads in childhood, and perhaps most of all the bad and good...

The books one reads in childhood, and perhaps most of all the bad and good...