And that was it: the profound pearls of wisdom from the…

“The perils of fate spawn the pearls of wisdom.”

— Will Craig, Living the Hero's Journey

Quotations are the gold mine of human mind, the silver pearls of the wisdom ocean, and the cool drops of the rain of intelligence.

— Mehmet Murat Ildan

Speakers have been showering us with pearls of wisdom for centuries, and if all of their valuable advice were laid end to end, it…

— Benjamin Franklin Fairless

“A picture is worth a thousand words, But my thousand words slice deeper. What doesn’t kill us makes us stronger, Fuck that. I’ve become…

— Penelope Douglas

“It is not our difficulties or our suffering alone that makes us wise. It is what we add to them--patience, perseverance, compassion, courage, love.…

— Barbara De Angelis

“Pearls of wisdom need matching hearrings.”

— Figuratio

“You know, Scarlett, Rhett didn't give a damn, and frankly, I don't either. - Emerson”

— Myra McEntire

Emerson was not passionate about abolition. He wasn't a passionate person. He was a cool intellectual, and I think he probably was a little…

— Nell Irvin Painter

“For a time Emerson politely endeavored to conceal his boredom - like most men, he is profoundly disinterested in all children except his own…

— Elizabeth Peters

“Why is a man with a knife after your blood? Who sent him? I would like to write the fellow a letter of thanks!”

— Elizabeth Peters

“He who is not everyday conquering some fear has not learned the secret of life. Ralph Waldo Emerson.”

— Lorenz Font

“Emerson loved the good and his life was a symphony of peace and harmony, Carlyle hated the bad, and his life was a record…

— Anonymous

“Your goodness must have some edge to it -- else it is none.”

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

During my first years in the Sierra, I was ever calling on everybody within reach to admire them, but I found no one half…

— John Muir

“(On Ralph Waldo Emerson)I love all men who dive. Any fish can swim near the surface, but it takes a great whale to go…

— Herman Melville