Wherever there is power there is age.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Age Quotes

With the past, I have nothing to do; nor with the future. I live now.

With the past, I have nothing to do; nor with the future. I live now.

We all boil at different degrees

We all boil at different degrees

A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature

A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature

As a cure for worrying, work is better than whiskey.

As a cure for worrying, work is better than whiskey.

Truth is handsomer than the affectation of love. Your goodness must have some edge to...

Truth is handsomer than the affectation of love. Your goodness must have some edge to...

Then beauty is its own excuse for being.

Then beauty is its own excuse for being.

To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to...

To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to...

The revelation of thought takes men out of servitude into freedom.

The revelation of thought takes men out of servitude into freedom.

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 are as many pillows of illusion as flakes in a snow-storm. We wake from...

There are as many pillows of illusion as flakes in a snow-storm. We wake from...

The value of a dollar is social, as it is created by society.

The value of a dollar is social, as it is created by society.

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.

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...

Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are...

Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are...

Every fact is related on one side to sensation, and, on the other, to morals....

Every fact is related on one side to sensation, and, on the other, to morals....

There is always safety in valor.

There is always safety in valor.

Between stimulus and response is our greatest power - the freedom to choose

Between stimulus and response is our greatest power - the freedom to choose

Society is always taken by surprise at any new example of common sense.

Society is always taken by surprise at any new example of common sense.

To act with common sense according to the moment, is the best wisdom I know;...

To act with common sense according to the moment, is the best wisdom I know;...

All truth, in the long run, is only common sense clarified.

All truth, in the long run, is only common sense clarified.

A man may be a tough, concentrated, successful money-maker and never contribute to his country...

A man may be a tough, concentrated, successful money-maker and never contribute to his country...

Do not waste your time on Social Questions. What is the matter with the poor...

Do not waste your time on Social Questions. What is the matter with the poor...