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Spirit Quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson
- When the spirit is not master of the world, then it is its dupe.
- Debt, grinding debt, whose iron face the widow, the orphan, and the sons of genius fear and hate; debt, which consumes so much time, which…
- The great man, that is, the man most imbued with the spirit of the time, is the impressionable man.
- The spirit of our American radicalism is destructive and aimless; it is not loving; it has no ulterior and divine ends; but is destructive only…
- The Good Spirit never cared for the colleges, and though all men and boys were now drilled in Greek, Latin, and Mathematics, it had quite…
- Men over forty are no judges of a book written in a new spirit.
- We infer the spirit of the nation in great measure from the language, which is a sort of monument, to which each forcible individual in…
- Dear to us are those who love us... but dearer are those who reject us as unworthy, for they add another life; they build a…
- To the men of this world, to the animal strength and spirits, to the men of practical power, whilst immersed in it, the man of…
- The relations of the soul to the divine spirit are so pure, that it is profane to seek to interpose helps.
- Nothing is secure but life, transition, the energizing spirit.
- [T]omorrow is a new day. You shall begin it well & serenely, & with too high a spirit to be cumbered with your old nonsense.…
- For it is not metres, but a metre-making argument that makes a poem, - a thought so passionate and alive that like the spirit of…
- When some external event raises your spirits and you think good days are preparing for you, do not believe it. It can never be so.…
- The stars awaken a certain reverence, because though always present, they are inaccessible; but all natural objects make a kindred impression, when the mind is…
- Whatever we think and say is wonderfully better for our spirits and trust in another mouth.
- The spirit of the world, the great calm presence of the creator, comes not forth to the sorceries of opium or of wine.
- You cannot hide any secret. If the artist succor his flagging spirits by opium or wine, his work will characterize itself as the effect of…
- In our fine arts, not imitation, but creation is the aim... The details, the prose of nature, he should omit, and give us only the…
- The delicate muses lose their head if their attention is once diverted. Perhaps if you were successful abroad in talking and dealing with men, you…
- Nature always wears the colors of the spirit.
- Every spirit makes its house, and we can give a shrewd guess from the house to the inhabitant.
- Is it so bad, then, to be misunderstood? Pythagoras was misunderstood, and Socrates, and Jesus, and Luther, and Copernicus, and Galileo, and Newton, and every…
- So shall we come to look at the world with new eyes. It shall answer the endless inquiry of the intellect, — What is truth?…
- Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as…
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- The spirit of Ubuntu, that once led Haiti to emerge as the first independent black nation in 1804, helped Venezuela, Colombia and… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Vampires get the joy of flying around and living forever, werewolves get the joy of animal spirits. But zombies, they're not rich,… — Margaret Atwood
- O Holy Spirit, descend plentifully into my heart. Enlighten the dark corners of this neglected dwelling and scatter there Thy cheerful beams. — Saint Augustine
- The soul, which is spirit, can not dwell in dust; it is carried along to dwell in the blood. — Saint Augustine
- Man is lost and is wandering in a jungle where real values have no meaning. Real values can have meaning to man… — Sai Baba
- In any area of the U.N. we... have to agree on certain language that can represent the same spirit, but that can… — Michelle Bachelet
- The Holy Spirit is our comforter, our teacher. That's why, in prayer, we can ask the Lord to open up Scripture and… — Michele Bachmann
- The genius, wit, and the spirit of a nation are discovered by their proverbs. — Francis Bacon
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- The noblest spirit is most strongly attracted by the love of glory. — James A. Baldwin
- No man has the right to dictate what other men should perceive, create or produce, but all should be encouraged to reveal… — Ansel Adams
- I believe I have a calling. Do you know what that calling is? To stand up in a new and hard core,… — Stephen Baldwin