Quotes of: Ralph-waldo-emerson Keyword

Those distinct substances, which concretes generally either afford, or are made up of, may, without very much inconvenience, be called the elements or principles of them.

The Sceptical Chymist

I have always believed, and I still believe, that whatever good or bad fortune may come our way we can always give it meaning and transform it into something of value.

Siddhartha

If the last to know he’s an addict is the addict, then maybe the last to know when a man means what he says is the man himself, he reflected.

A Scanner Darkly

Sometimes I wish I knew how to go crazy. I forget how.

A Scanner Darkly

...for each of us sees clarity only in those ideas which have the same degree of confusion as his own.

In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower

We imagine always when we speak that it is our own ears, our own mind, that are listening.

In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower

Apenas discerni que repetir o que toda a gente pensava não era em política um sinal de inferioridade, mas de superioridade.

In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower

I am an enthusiastic Darwinian, but I think Darwinism is too big a theory to be confined to the narrow context of the gene.

The Selfish Gene

Getting into a fight with a popular senior. Pissing off a school teacher and the local chief of police. Hanging with two major-league losers." She slapped my back. "Welcome to high school.

Shelter

Kumplikado ang tao, lalo na ang mga bakla, hindi siya dapat ikahon sa labels.

Si Amapola sa 65 na Kabanata

To withhold our bodies from religion is to exclude religion from our lives.

The Spirit of the Disciplines : Understanding How God Changes Lives

Without culture, and the relative freedom it implies, society, even when perfect, is but a jungle. This is why any authentic creation is a gift to the future.

The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays

Who is a Jew? A person whose integrity decays when unmoved by the knowledge of wrong done to other people.

Moral Grandeur and Spiritual Audacity: Essays

One great function of the arts is to keep ideals alive in a culture that does not yet realize them.

Moral Clarity: A Guide for Grown-up Idealists

As long as your ideas of what's possible are limited by what's actual, no other idea has a chance.

Moral Clarity: A Guide for Grown-up Idealists

You may substitute knowledge for superstition without satisfying the needs that drive people into superstition's arms.

Moral Clarity: A Guide for Grown-up Idealists

Hubris calls for nemesis, and in one form or another it's going to get it, not as a punishment from outside but as the completion of a pattern already started.

The Myths We Live by

The great pagan sadness of modern man is largely due to his premonition of ultimate disaster.

The Menace Of The Herd: Or, Procrustes At Large

Every test successfully met is rewarded by some growth in intuitive knowledge, strengthening of character, or initiation into a higher consciousness.

The Notebooks of Paul Brunton

Accept the long night patiently, quietly, humbly, and resignedly as intended for your true good. It is not a punishment for sin committed but an instrument of annihilating egoism.

The Notebooks of Paul Brunton

The succession of thoughts appears in time, but the gap between two of them is outside time. The gap itself is normally unobserved. The chance of enlightenment is missed.

The Notebooks of Paul Brunton