You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes

The first farmer was the first man, and all historic nobility rests on possession and...

The first farmer was the first man, and all historic nobility rests on possession and...

There can be no high civility without a deep morality

There can be no high civility without a deep morality

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

It is as impossible for a man to be cheated by any one but himself,...

It is as impossible for a man to be cheated by any one but himself,...

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

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

Trust instinct to the end, even though you can give no reason.

Trust instinct to the end, even though you can give no reason.

Reality is a sliding door.

Reality is a sliding door.

O Day of days when we can read! The reader and the book, either without...

O Day of days when we can read! The reader and the book, either without...

Knowledge is knowing that we cannot know.

Knowledge is knowing that we cannot know.

A chief event of life is the day in which we have encountered a mind...

A chief event of life is the day in which we have encountered a mind...

I hate quotations. Tell me what you know.

I hate quotations. Tell me what you know.

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...

An empire is an immense egotism.

An empire is an immense egotism.

The reason why all men honor love is because it looks up, and not down;...

The reason why all men honor love is because it looks up, and not down;...

The manly part is to do with might and main what you can do

The manly part is to do with might and main what you can do

Science does not know its debt to imagination.

Science does not know its debt to imagination.

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.

Every spirit makes its house, and we can give a shrewd guess from the house...

Every spirit makes its house, and we can give a shrewd guess from the house...

The desire of gold is not for gold. It is for the means of freedom...

The desire of gold is not for gold. It is for the means of freedom...

It is said that the world is in a state of bankruptcy, that the world...

It is said that the world is in a state of bankruptcy, that the world...