Quotes of: Ralph-waldo-emerson Keyword

virtue does not spring from riches, but riches and all other human blessings, both private and public, from virtue.

Apology/Crito/Phaedo

To fear death, gentlemen, is no other then to think oneself wise when one is not, to think one knows what one does not know.

The Apology

At the foundation of moral thinking lie beliefs in statements the truth of which no further reason can be given.

After Virtue: A Study in Moral Theory

Many attempts have been made by writers on art and poetry to define beauty in the abstract, to express it in the most general terms, to find some universal formula for it.

Walter Pater

His priority did not seem to be to teach them what he knew, but rather to impress upon them that nothing, not even... knowledge, was foolproof.

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

What people really believe doesn't feel like a BELIEF, it feels like the way the world IS.

Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality

They say the first of my kind was Alasdair, a human raised by hawks. She learned the languages of birds and was gifted with their form.

Hawksong

Ránk telepedett a csönd, az a fajta jótét hallgatás, amely időről időre megszakítja idegenek hétköznapi beszélgetését, és lehetővè teszi, hogy baj nélkül visszatérjenek életük ismerős keretei közé.

A Home at the End of the World

The virtuous man contents himself with dreaming that which the wicked man does in actual life.

The Interpretation of Dreams

If one plays good music, people don't listen, and if one plays bad music people don't talk.

The Importance of Being Earnest

Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials.

The Importance Of Living

The moment a student gives up his right of personal judgment, he is in for accepting all the humbugs of life

The Importance Of Living

It's all mirror, mirror on the wall because beauty is power, the same way money is power, the same way a gun is power.

Invisible Monsters

The poet is a light and winged and holy thing, and there is no invention in him until he has been inspired and is out of his sneses, and the mind is no longer in him.

Ion

Death is the sanction of everything the story-teller can tell. He has borrowed his authority from death.

Illuminations: Essays and Reflections

If traditional doesn't work, then traditions won't do.

The Innovation Book: How to Manage Ideas and Execution for Outstanding Results

To lead a human life, a man must have a notion of himself as having a past and a future.

Imagination and Time

The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers.

King Henry VI, Part 2

Physical excellence does not of itself produce a good mind and character: on the other hand, excellence of mind and character will make the best of the physique it is given.

The Republic

He who is of a calm and happy nature will hardly feel the pressure of age. But to him who is of an opposite disposition, youth and age are equally a burden.

The Republic

Bodily exercise, when compulsory, does no harm to the body; but knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind.

The Republic