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Thy Quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Nor knowest thou what argument Thy life to thy neighbor's creed has lent. All are needed by each one; Nothing is fair or good alone.
- If thou fill thy brain with Boston and New York, with fashion and covetousness, and wilt stimulate thy jaded senses with wine and French coffee,…
- Give all to love: Obey thy heart; Friends, kindred, days, Estate, good fame, Plans, credit, and the Muse,- Nothing refuse.
- Every friend whom not thy fantastic will but the great and tender heart in thee craveth, shall lock thee in his embrace. And this because…
- Genius is the power to labor better and more availably. Deserve thy genius: exalt it.
- Do not spill thy soul in running hither and yon, grieving over the mistakes and the vices of others. The one person whom it is…
- Let not the emphasis of hospitality lie in bed and board; but let truth and love and honor and courtesy flow in all thy deeds.
- Enlarge not thy destiny, said the oracle: endeavor not to do more than is given thee in charge.
- Wait, and thy soul shall speak.
- If with love thy heart has burned; If thy love is unreturned; Hide thy grief within thy breast, Though it tear thee unexpressed; For when…
- Night-dreams trace on Memory's wall Shadows of the thoughts of day, And thy fortunes, as they fall, The bias of the will betray.
- Give all to love; Obey thy heart....
- Go oft to the house of thy friend, for weeds choke the unused path.
- For each new morning with its light, For rest and shelter of the night, For health and food, for love and friends, For everything Thy…
- At times the whole world seems to be in conspiracy to importune you with emphatic trifles. Friend, client, child, sickness, fear, want, charity, all knock…
- Go often to the house of thy friend, for weeds choke the unused path.
- The sexton, tolling his bell at noon, Deems not that great Napoleon Stops his horse, and lists withdelight, Whilst his files sweep round yon Alpine…
More Thy Quotes
- Thou wilt find rest from vain fancies if thou doest every act in life as though it were thy last. — Aristotle
- Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love. — Francis of Assisi
- 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 desire is thy prayers; and if thy desire is without ceasing, thy prayer will also be without ceasing. The continuance of… — Saint Augustine
- Nothing has such power to broaden the mind as the ability to investigate systematically and truly all that comes under thy observation… — Marcus Aurelius
- And thou wilt give thyself relief, if thou doest every act of thy life as if it were the last. — Marcus Aurelius
- And I pray thee, loving Jesus, that as Thou hast graciously given me to drink in with delight the words of Thy… — Venerable Bede
- Let age, not envy, draw wrinkles on thy cheeks. — Thomas Browne
- Earth changes, but thy soul and God stand sure. — Robert Browning
- Let there be nothing within thee that is not very beautiful and very gentle, and there will be nothing without thee that… — James Allen
- I hate organized religion. I think you have to love thy neighbor as thyself. I think you have to pick your own… — Julia Child
- Lord of the springtime, Father of flower, field and fruit, smile on us in these earnest days when the work is heavy… — W. E. B. Du Bois