Who you are speaks so loudly I can't hear what you're saying.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes

There is an optical illusion about every person we meet.

There is an optical illusion about every person we meet.

What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have never been discovered.

What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have never been discovered.

Men admire the man who can organize their wishes and thoughts in stone and wood...

Men admire the man who can organize their wishes and thoughts in stone and wood...

Every book is a quotation; and every house is a quotation out of all forests...

Every book is a quotation; and every house is a quotation out of all forests...

Passion, though a bad regulator, is a powerful spring

Passion, though a bad regulator, is a powerful spring

Enthusiasm is the mother of effort, and without it nothing great was ever achieved.

Enthusiasm is the mother of effort, and without it nothing great was ever achieved.

Life is a progress, and not a station.

Life is a progress, and not a station.

Speak less. Say more. whaywardj

Speak less. Say more. whaywardj

My evening visitors, if they cannot see the clock, should find the time in my...

My evening visitors, if they cannot see the clock, should find the time in my...

We are rich only through what we give, and poor only through what we refuse.

We are rich only through what we give, and poor only through what we refuse.

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...

Every man has his own vocation, talent is the call.

Every man has his own vocation, talent is the call.

Our strength grows out of our weaknesses

Our strength grows out of our weaknesses

Those who live to the future must always appear selfish to those who live to...

Those who live to the future must always appear selfish to those who live to...

Doing well is the result of doing good. That's what capitalism is all about.

Doing well is the result of doing good. That's what capitalism is all about.

For everything you have missed, you have gained something else, and for everything you gain,...

For everything you have missed, you have gained something else, and for everything you gain,...

Music takes us out of the actual and whispers to us dim secrets that startle...

Music takes us out of the actual and whispers to us dim secrets that startle...

It is the quality of the moment, not the number of days, or events, or...

It is the quality of the moment, not the number of days, or events, or...

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...

I like the silent church before the service begins, better than any preaching.

I like the silent church before the service begins, better than any preaching.