Quotes of: Ralph-waldo-emerson Keyword

That wasn't any act of God. That was an act of pure human fuckery.

The Stand

The silence is not suppression; instead, it is all there is.

Teaching a Stone to Talk: Expeditions and Encounters

When a lady condescends to apologise, there is no keeping one’s anger.

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

Common sense is not so common.

A Pocket Philosophical Dictionary

The basis of optimism is sheer terror.

The Picture of Dorian Gray

I would define, in brief, the poetry of words as the rhythmical creation of beauty.

The Poetic Principle

Religion turned some folks belligerent.

On the Prowl

Good wombs have borne bad sons." -- (Miranda, I:2)

The Tempest

Matter is plastic in the face of Mind.

VALIS

Eating is an agricultural act.

What Are People for Essays By Wendell B

Quick, someone's coming! Look real!

The Wee Free Men

She was a monster, but she was my monster.

Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?

We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are.

Anais Nin

Everything that is beautiful and noble is the product of reason and calculation.

Charles Baudelaire

The universe is full of magical things, patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.

Eden Phillpotts

He who defends everything defends nothing.

Frederick the Great

Our knowledge is a little island in a great ocean of nonknowledge.

Isaac Bashevis Singer

Quality is never an accident. It is always the result of intelligent effort.

John Ruskin

If you do not conquer self, you will be conquered by self.

Napoleon Hill

Rough diamonds may sometimes be mistaken for worthless pebbles.

Thomas Browne

Only then, approaching my fortieth birthday, I made philosophy my life's work.

Karl Jaspers