Quotes of: Ralph-waldo-emerson Keyword

We must therefore rediscover, after the natural world, the social world, not as an object or sum of objects, but as a permanent field or dimension of existence.

Phenomenology of Perception

Piety, then, is that which is dear to the gods, and impiety is that which is not dear to them.

Plato I: Euthyphro. Apology. Crito. Phaedo. Phaedrus.

As pessoas estavam sempre a preparar-se para o futuro. Eu não acreditava nisso. O futuro não se estava a preparar para elas. O futuro nem sabia que elas existiam.

The Road

...pretention is very close to stupidity and that simplicity has a less visible but still gratifying aspect.

Time Regained

Virtue is excellence, something uncommonly great and beautiful, which rises far above what is vulgar and ordinary.

The Theory of Moral Sentiments

I am speaking like a book, but I believe that what I am saying is true.

The Trial and Death of Socrates

This is how you get unstuck. You reach.

Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar

No neurotic harbors thoughts of suicide which are not murderous impulses against others redirected upon himself.

Totem and Taboo

The hound and hare were both so wearied that the peasant got them all.

Three Kingdoms: Classic Novel in Four Volumes

True human goodness, in all its purity and freedom, can come to the fore only when its recipient has no power.

The Unbearable Lightness of Being

Amazed, Fat said, "She's decomposing and yet she's still giving birth?" "Only to monsters," Dr. Stone said.

VALIS

They ought to make it a binding clause that if you find God you get to keep Him.

VALIS

This is a mournful discovery. 1)Those who agree with you are insane 2)Those who do not agree with you are in power.

VALIS

It is proper that technically qualified non-lunatics should sit in judgement on lunatics. How could things be otherwise?

VALIS

There is an old saying that there is no country as unhappy as one that need heroes." (King Pelles the Sure)

We Never Talk about My Brother

It is when those who are not strong enough have made some moderate amount of progress that they fail and give up...

The Wisdom Of Confucius

They were the best sort of friends. The sort everyone hopes for but no one deserves, least of all me.

The Wise Man's Fear

I wished to see storms only on those coasts where they raged with most violence...

Within a Budding Grove

I am now quite cured of seeking pleasure in society, be it country or town. A sensible man ought to find sufficient company in himself.

Wuthering Heights

Eu chorava tanto por ele como por ela; às vezes temos compaixão por criaturas que não têm esse sentimento nem por elas próprias, nem por outras pessoas.

Wuthering Heights

None of us can study anything properly unless we do it with our whole being.

Wisdom, Information and Wonder: What Is Knowledge For?