Quotes of: Ralph-waldo-emerson Keyword

It is only just that anything that grows up on its own should feel it has nothing to repay for an upbringing which it owes no one.

The Republic

Musical innovation is full of danger to the State, for when modes of music change, the fundamental laws of the State always change with them.

The Republic

Musical training is a more potent instrument than any other, because rhythm and harmony find their way into the inward places of the soul.

The Republic

It is peculiar to “ressentiment criticism” that it does not seriously desire that its demands be fulfilled. It does not want to cure the evil. The evil is merely the pretext for the criticism.

Ressentiment

Umut, inanç'a eşlik eden ruh halidir. Umutluluk hali olmaksızın inanç ayakta duramaz, dayanıksız kalır. Umut yalnız ve yalnız inanç temeli üzerinde durabilir.

The Revolution of Hope: Toward a Humanized Technology

Then we shan’t regard anyone as a lover of knowledge or wisdom who is fussy about what he studies…

The Republic and Other Works

Damn me to hell or take me to heaven, but for Gods sake, do it now....

The Stanislaski Brothers: Mikhail and Alex

Strange how paranoia can link up with reality now and then.

A Scanner Darkly

It is a mistake," Labruyère tells us, "to be in love without an ample fortune.

In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower

It's far more difficult to disfigure a great work of art than to create one.

Sodom and Gomorrah

Being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty, or possessions.

Second Treatise of Government

What shall it profit a male if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his immortal genes?

The Selfish Gene

It is often simply from lack of creative imagination that we do not go far enough in suffering.

Sodom and Gomorrah

The mistakes of doctors are innumerable. They err as a rule out of optimism as to the treatment, and pessimism as to the outcome.

Sodom and Gomorrah

We do not include the pleasures we enjoy in sleep in the inventory of the pleasures we have experienced in the course of our existence.

Sodom and Gomorrah

An intelligent person is never afraid or ashamed to find errors in his understanding of things.

Simple Reminders: Inspiration for Living Your Best Life

Hopes are like hair ornaments. Girls want to wear too many of them. When they become old women they look silly wearing even one.

Memoirs of a Geisha

But would I have chosen to be Paul? I'd miss Will too much, the feel of his shins.

My Hollywood

Eu sempre disse a mim mesma que o amor que os outros têm pela gente cria mais deveres do que o amor que a gente tem pelos outros.

Minhas Queridas

When grace moves in... guilt moves out

Max on Life: Answers and Insights to Your Most Important Questions

That deep silence has a melody of its own, a sweetness unknown amid the harsh discords of the world's sounds.

The Notebooks of Paul Brunton